CWE-321— Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
The product uses a hard-coded, unchangeable cryptographic key.— MITRE CWE catalog
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- CVE-2025-27674CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82025-03-05
Vasion Print (formerly PrinterLogic) before Virtual Appliance Host 22.0.843 Application 20.0.1923 allows Hardcoded IdP Key V-2023-006.
- CVE-2023-37936CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82025-01-14
A use of hard-coded cryptographic key in Fortinet FortiSwitch version 7.4.0 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.5 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.7 and 6.4.0 through 6.4.13 and 6.2.0 through 6.2.7 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.7 allows attacker to execute unauthorized co…
- CVE-2024-46612CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82024-09-25
IceCMS v3.4.7 and before was discovered to contain a hardcoded JWT key, allowing an attacker to forge JWT authentication information.
- CVE-2023-27584CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82024-09-19
Dragonfly is an open source P2P-based file distribution and image acceleration system. It is hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) as an Incubating Level Project. Dragonfly uses JWT to verify user. However, the secret key …
- CVE-2024-5296CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82024-05-23
D-Link D-View Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of D-Link D-View. Authentication is not required to exploi…
- CVE-2023-32169CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82024-05-03
D-Link D-View Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of D-Link D-View. Authentication is not required to exploi…
- CVE-2019-19752CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82024-04-30
nvOC through 3.2 ships with SSH host keys baked into the installation image, which allows man-in-the-middle attacks and makes identification of all public IPv4 nodes trivial with Shodan.io. NOTE: as of 2019-12-01, the vendor indicated plan…
- CVE-2024-2413CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82024-03-13
Intumit SmartRobot uses a fixed encryption key for authentication. Remote attackers can use this key to encrypt a string composed of the user's name and timestamp to generate an authentication code. With this authentication code, they can …
- CVE-2023-48392CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82023-12-15
Kaifa Technology WebITR is an online attendance system, it has a vulnerability in using hard-coded encryption key. An unauthenticated remote attacker can generate valid token parameter and exploit this vulnerability to access system with a…
- CVE-2023-41137CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82023-11-09
Symmetric encryption used to protect messages between the AppsAnywhere server and client can be broken by reverse engineering the client and used to impersonate the AppsAnywhere server.
- CVE-2023-42492CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82023-10-25
EisBaer Scada - CWE-321: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
- CVE-2023-3632CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82023-08-09
Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability in Sifir Bes Education and Informatics Kunduz - Homework Helper App allows Authentication Abuse, Authentication Bypass. This issue affects Kunduz - Homework Helper App: before 6.2.3.
- CVE-2023-2158CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82023-04-27
Code Dx versions prior to 2023.4.2 are vulnerable to user impersonation attack where a malicious actor is able to gain access to another user's account by crafting a custom "Remember Me" token. This is possible due to the use of a hard-cod…
- CVE-2023-27583CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82023-03-13
PanIndex is a network disk directory index. In Panindex prior to version 3.1.3, a hard-coded JWT key `PanIndex` is used. An attacker can use the hard-coded JWT key to sign JWT token and perform any actions as a user with admin privileges.…
- CVE-2022-2660CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82022-12-13
Delta Industrial Automation DIALink versions 1.4.0.0 and prior are vulnerable to the use of a hard-coded cryptographic key which could allow an attacker to decrypt sensitive data and compromise the machine.
- CVE-2022-2641CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82022-12-02
Horner Automation’s RCC 972 with firmware version 15.40 has a static encryption key on the device. This could allow an attacker to perform unauthorized changes to the device, remotely execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial-of-service …
- CVE-2022-0664CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82022-02-18
Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key in Go github.com/gravitl/netmaker prior to 0.8.5,0.9.4,0.10.0,0.10.1.
- CVE-2022-22987CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82022-02-04
The affected product has a hardcoded private key available inside the project folder, which may allow an attacker to achieve Web Server login and perform further actions.
- CVE-2021-40119CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82021-11-04
A vulnerability in the key-based SSH authentication mechanism of Cisco Policy Suite could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system as the root user. This vulnerability is due to the re-use of static SSH key…
- CVE-2021-32520CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82021-07-07
Use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in QSAN Storage Manager allows attackers to obtain users’ credentials and related permissions. Suggest contacting with QSAN and refer to recommendations in QSAN Document.
- CVE-2021-27389CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82021-04-22
A vulnerability has been identified in Opcenter Quality (All versions < V12.2), QMS Automotive (All versions < V12.30). A private sign key is shipped with the product without adequate protection.
- CVE-2020-2500CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82020-07-01
This improper access control vulnerability in Helpdesk allows attackers to get control of QNAP Kayako service. Attackers can access the sensitive data on QNAP Kayako server with API keys. We have replaced the API key to mitigate the vulner…
- CVE-2020-6990CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82020-03-16
Rockwell Automation MicroLogix 1400 Controllers Series B v21.001 and prior, Series A, all versions, MicroLogix 1100 Controller, all versions, RSLogix 500 Software v12.001 and prior, The cryptographic key utilized to help protect the accoun…
- CVE-2019-19750CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82019-12-12
minerstat msOS before 2019-10-23 does not have a unique SSH key for each instance of the product.
- CVE-2018-0040CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82018-07-11
Juniper Networks Contrail Service Orchestrator versions prior to 4.0.0 use hardcoded cryptographic certificates and keys in some cases, which may allow network based attackers to gain unauthorized access to services.
- CVE-2017-14021CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82017-11-01
A Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key issue was discovered in Korenix JetNet JetNet5018G version 1.4, JetNet5310G version 1.4a, JetNet5428G-2G-2FX version 1.4, JetNet5628G-R version 1.4, JetNet5628G version 1.4, JetNet5728G-24P version 1.4…
- CVE-2017-7574CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82017-04-06
Schneider Electric SoMachine Basic 1.4 SP1 and Schneider Electric Modicon TM221CE16R 1.3.3.3 devices have a hardcoded-key vulnerability. The Project Protection feature is used to prevent unauthorized users from opening an XML protected pro…
- CVE-2026-26335CRITICALCVSS 9.3EG 9.82026-02-13
Calero VeraSMART versions prior to 2022 R1 use static ASP.NET/IIS machineKey values configured for the VeraSMART web application and stored in C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Veramark\\VeraSMART\\WebRoot\\web.config. An attacker who obtains thes…
- CVE-2024-6890CRITICALCVSS 8.8EG 9.82024-08-07
Password reset tokens are generated using an insecure source of randomness. Attackers who know the username of the Journyx installation user can bruteforce the password reset and change the administrator password.
- CVE-2022-34440CRITICALCVSS 8.4EG 9.82023-01-11
Dell EMC SCG Policy Manager, versions from 5.10 to 5.12, contain(s) a contain a Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability. An attacker with the knowledge of the hard-coded sensitive information, could potentially exploit this vulnerabilit…
- CVE-2021-0266CRITICALCVSS 8.1EG 9.82021-04-22
The use of multiple hard-coded cryptographic keys in cSRX Series software in Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an attacker to take control of any instance of a cSRX deployment through device management services. This issue affects: Juniper …
- CVE-2022-34442CRITICALCVSS 8.0EG 9.82023-01-18
Dell EMC SCG Policy Manager, versions from 5.10 to 5.12, contain(s) a contain a Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability. An attacker with the knowledge of the hard-coded sensitive information, could potentially exploit this vulnerabi…
- CVE-2022-34441CRITICALCVSS 8.0EG 9.82023-01-11
Dell EMC SCG Policy Manager, versions from 5.10 to 5.12, contain(s) a contain a Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability. An attacker with the knowledge of the hard-coded sensitive information, could potentially exploit this vulnerabili…
- CVE-2021-22644CRITICALCVSS 7.5EG 9.82022-07-28
Ovarro TBox TWinSoft uses the custom hardcoded user “TWinSoft” with a hardcoded key.
- CVE-2025-55449CRITICALCVSS 7.3EG 9.82026-05-08
AstrBotDevs AstrBot 3.5.15 has Advanced_System_for_Text_Response_and_Bot_Operations_Tool as the hardcoded private key used to sign a JWT.
- CVE-2022-1400CRITICALCVSS 7.1EG 9.82022-08-17
Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability in the WebReportsApi.dll of Exago Web Reports, as used in the Device42 Asset Management Appliance, allows an attacker to leak session IDs and elevate privileges. This issue affects: Device4…
- CVE-2025-45746CRITICALCVSS 6.5EG 9.82025-05-13
In ZKT ZKBio CVSecurity 6.4.1_R an unauthenticated attacker can craft JWT token using the hardcoded secret to authenticate to the service console. NOTE: the Supplier disputes the significance of this report because the service console is t…
- CVE-2026-85153CRITICALCVSS 9.3EG 9.32026-10-06
This vulnerability exists in the Schmooze app due to the use of hardcoded credentials and cryptographic keys in the client application. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by decompiling the distributed appl…
- CVE-2026-71449CRITICALCVSS 9.3EG 9.32026-10-01
: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability in Johnson Controls EasyIO FS32 allows : Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data. This issue affects EasyIO FS32: before 3.0b63.
- CVE-2026-46395CRITICALCVSS 9.3EG 9.32026-05-19
HAX CMS helps manage microsite universe with PHP or NodeJs backends. Prior to version 26.0.0, the `hmacBase64()` function in the HAXcms Node.js backend contains two critical cryptographic implementation errors that together allow any unaut…
- CVE-2026-108336CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12026-10-14
When the default self-signed certificate is used, an attacker could gain administrative access to the application. The SSL certificate for the web interface is used to sign JWT access tokens that are used to validate that the user is …
- CVE-2026-108860CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12026-10-11
BotSharp through 5.2.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to forge bearer tokens using the hard-coded Jwt:Key in WebStarter appsettings.json. Attackers can sign tokens with the comm…
- CVE-2026-81855CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12026-09-15
A hardcoded cryptographic client authentication key vulnerability exists in the robot testing framework component of Wärtsilä FOS-Onboard.
- CVE-2026-53939CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12026-09-08
OpenIDC/cjose is a C library implementing the Javascript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE). In versions 0.6.1 through 0.6.2.5, when cjose encrypts a JWE using an AES-CBC-HMAC content-encryption algorithm (`A128CBC-HS256`, `A192CBC-HS384…
- CVE-2026-75431CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12026-09-04
PowerJob Server version 5.1.2 (and likely earlier) uses a predictable JWT signing key for HS256-based authentication. This allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
- CVE-2026-51977CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12026-08-17
An issue in Trueview T18061 WiFi 3MP Robot Pan-Tilt Security Camera Version 1.0 allows a physically proximate attacker to escalate privileges via the RSA private key component
- CVE-2026-14804CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12026-08-04
Use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in Bilin Software and Informatics Consultancy Inc. HUMANIST Digital Human Resources allows Read Sensitive Constants Within an Executable. This issue affects HUMANIST Digital Human Resource…
- CVE-2026-18754CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12026-08-04
The product firmware contains an embedded, static RSA private key utilized by the Lighttpd web server for TLS termination. Exposure of this private key allows malicious actors to breach the confidentiality and integrity of HTTPS communicat…
- CVE-2026-18753CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12026-08-04
The product firmware contains an embedded, static RSA private key utilized by the Lighttpd web server for TLS termination. Exposure of this private key allows malicious actors to breach the confidentiality and integrity of HTTPS communicat…
- CVE-2026-54363CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12026-07-30
CentreStack before 17.5 contains a hardcoded cryptographic key vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge arbitrary encrypted tokens by exploiting a static SysNumber value used as entropy for AccessTicket.Encrypt() and Ac…
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