CVE-2026-28777

Severity CVSS v4.0:

CRITICAL

Type:

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Publication date:

04/03/2026

Last modified:

17/03/2026

Description

International Datacasting Corporation (IDC) <br /> <br /> SFX2100 Satellite Receiver, trivial password for the `user` (usr) account. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this to gain unauthorized SSH access to the system, while intially dropped into a restricted shell, an attacker can trivially spawn a complete pty to gain an appropriately interactive shell.

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.20 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): High
Integrity (VI): None
Availability (VA): None
Confidentiality (SC): High
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None

Base Score 4.0

9.20

Severity 4.0

CRITICAL

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.80 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

9.80

Severity 3.x

CRITICAL

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:datacast:sfx2100_firmware:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:datacast:sfx2100:-:::::::*

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://www.abdulmhsblog.com/posts/sfx2100-vulns/