Lightstar｜SmartIT Desktop Manager - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-798Published · Updated
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
SmartIT Desktop Manager developed by Lightstar has a Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability. Unauthenticated remote attackers can obtain the SSH service account credentials and passwords for the SmartIT Agent directly from the application source code.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0063 50th 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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-85146
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mqpg-g4xh-h9jm
- 2026-10-28 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Lightstar vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-58483 Lightstar｜SmartIT Desktop Manager - Use of Hard-coded Credentials CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-58482 Lightstar｜SmartIT Desktop Manager - Use of Hard-coded Credentials CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-58484 Lightstar｜SmartIT Desktop Manager - Use of Hard-coded Credentials CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-85146 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-85146 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mqpg-g4xh-h9jm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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