The Motorola ACE1000 RTU through 2022-05-02 ships with a hardcoded SSH private key and…
Priority MEDIUM 51CWE-259Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-259.
Summary
The Motorola ACE1000 RTU through 2022-05-02 ships with a hardcoded SSH private key and initialization scripts (such as /etc/init.d/sshd_service) only generate a new key if no private-key file exists. Thus, this hardcoded key is likely to be used by default.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01057 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-30271
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-59rw-g46v-6c42
References
More Motorola Ace1000 Firmware vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-12509 The Motorola ACE1000 RTU through 2022-05-02 has default credentials. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-12513 The Motorola ACE1000 RTU through 2022-05-02 uses ECB encryption unsafely. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-12508 Motorola ACE1000 RTUs through 2022-05-02 mishandle application integrity. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-12511 The Motorola ACE1000 RTU through 2022-05-02 mishandles firmware integrity. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2022-30271 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-30271 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-59rw-g46v-6c42 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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