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TI-2024-28559 Aliases CVE-2024-42639GHSA-65q8-wrmh-rrcm

H3C GR1100-P v100R009 was discovered to use a hardcoded password in /etc/shadow, which…

Priority HIGH 82CWE-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

H3C GR1100-P v100R009 was discovered to use a hardcoded password in /etc/shadow, which allows attackers to log in as root.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00559 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:h3c:gr1100-p_firmware:100r009:*:*:*:*:*:*:*100r009VulnerableH3C
cpe:2.3:h:h3c:gr1100-p:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onH3C
  • cpe:2.3:o:h3c:gr1100-p_firmware:100r009:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 100r009 Vulnerable ·H3C
  • cpe:2.3:h:h3c:gr1100-p:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·H3C

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-42639
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-65q8-wrmh-rrcm

References

Exploit 1

Other 1

Sources

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