{"id":"CVE-2026-78860","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-78860","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:31:50.707Z","title":"An issue in Mercusys AC12 V2 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the storage of information in plaintext","description":"An issue in Mercusys AC12 V2 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the storage of information in plaintext","published":"2026-10-05T20:17:27.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-06T15:17:20.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-311","CWE-347"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00123,"percentile":0.02069,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-06","score":0.00162,"percentile":0.04853}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"scored","label":"Newly scored","at":"2026-10-06T17:15:07.000Z","detail":{"from":null,"score":"7.8","severity":"HIGH","fromSeverity":null},"summary":"Now scored CVSS 7.8 HIGH."},{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-05T20:17:27.000Z","detail":{"score":null,"severity":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-05T20:17:27.283Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 7.8)."}],"references":[{"url":"http://mercusys.com","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://threadpoolx.gitbook.io/docs/cve/mercusys-ac12-v2-security-advisory/missing-firmware-encryption-and-secure-boot-mechanisms","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://threadpoolx.gitbook.io/docs/cve/mercusys-ac12-v2-security-advisory/missing-firmware-encryption-and-secure-boot-mechanisms","source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78860","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."}