Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information in Bransys ELD
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-319.
Summary
Bransys ELD is shipped with hardcoded MQTT credentials, which will grant read access to real-time data for every active device across a subset of carriers that were connected to the affected MQTT broker.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA ELD (Bransys) Fixed in 11.00.00
- Fix · CNA ELD (Bransys) Fixed in 1.1.54
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Bransys ELD 1.1.54, 11.00.00
3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-59211 Use of Hard-coded Credentials in Bransys ELDPriority MEDIUM 44
- TI-2026-54253 Use of Hard-coded Credentials in Bransys ELDPriority LOW 36
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-86689
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v8qq-7pf7-5xq9
References
More Bransys vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-59211 Use of Hard-coded Credentials in Bransys ELD CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-54253 Use of Hard-coded Credentials in Bransys ELD CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-86689 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-86689 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v8qq-7pf7-5xq9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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