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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2026-22543

Since base64 is not considered a strong cipher, an attacker could intercept the web request handling the login and obtain the credentials

MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.19%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.19%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The credentials required to access the device's web server are sent in base64 within the HTTP headers. Since base64 is not considered a strong cipher, an attacker could intercept the web request handling the login and obtain the credentials

CVSS 4.0
6.9 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.19% probability · 8th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-261
Source
50b5080a-775f-442e-83b5-926b5ca517b6

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.