{"id":"CVE-2026-79959","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-79959","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:01:10.152Z","title":"The Botslab G980H dash camera firmware contains a hard-coded root account password that cannot be changed by the user.","description":"The Botslab G980H dash camera firmware contains a hard-coded root account password that cannot be changed by the user. An attacker who obtains the firmware or has physical access to the device could recover the credential and use it to obtain root access through the UART interface.","published":"2026-09-24T21:18:44.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-25T17:17:15.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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"},"cwe":["CWE-798"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00174,"percentile":0.06802,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-25","score":0.00174,"percentile":0.06054}]},"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 (0.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-09-24T21:18:44.000Z","detail":{"score":"7.0","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-09-24T21:18:44.353Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 7.0)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsa-26-267-01.json","source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"https://www.botslab.com/pages/about-botslab","source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-267-01","source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79959","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."}