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UK Cyber Defence
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CVE-2024-29941

Insecure storage of the ICT MIFARE and DESFire encryption keys in the firmware binary allows malicious actors to create credentials for any site code and card number that is using the default ICT encryption.

HIGH 8.0EPSS 0.11%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Insecure storage of the ICT MIFARE and DESFire encryption keys in the firmware binary allows malicious actors to create credentials for any site code and card number that is using the default ICT encryption.

CVSS 3.1
8.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS
0.11% probability · 1th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-522
Source
56c94bcb-ac34-4d7f-b660-d297a6b7ff82
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.11%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.