Consilium Safety CS5000 Fire Panel Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-798.
Summary
The CS5000 Fire Panel is vulnerable due to a hard-coded password that runs on a VNC server and is visible as a string in the binary responsible for running VNC. This password cannot be altered, allowing anyone with knowledge of it to gain remote access to the panel. Such access could enable an attacker to operate the panel remotely, potentially putting the fire panel into a non-functional state and causing serious safety issues.
Why it matters now
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consilium Safety | CS5000 Fire Panel | All versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- CS5000 Fire Panel VendorConsilium Safety 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-2025-46352
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-427v-vg76-wcjg
References
More Consilium Safety vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-27600 Consilium Safety CS5000 Fire Panel Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-46352 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-46352 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-427v-vg76-wcjg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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