{"id":"CVE-2026-33272","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-33272","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:20:03.125Z","title":"A malicious user with physical access to the device can boot the switch from factory settings without authentication, use the default administrative credentials to obtain administrative access, and save changes to the configuration file so that they…","description":"A malicious user with physical access to the device can boot the switch from factory settings without authentication, use the default administrative credentials to obtain administrative access, and save changes to the configuration file so that they persist next time the switch boots normally.","published":"2026-10-09T15:17:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-11T17:17:05.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-288"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.0015,"percentile":0.04147,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-10","score":0.0015,"percentile":0.03714}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.15%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-09T15:17:14.000Z","detail":{"score":"6.8","severity":"MEDIUM","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T15:17:14.173Z"},"summary":"New CVE, medium severity (CVSS 6.8)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsa-26-281-01.json","source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-281-01","source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"https://www.hms-networks.com/","source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"https://www.hms-networks.com/cybersecurity","source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33272","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}