CVE-2026-79959 (GCVE-0-2026-79959)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-24 20:25
Modified
2026-09-25 16:20
Severity ?
7.0 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
Summary
The Botslab G980H dash camera firmware contains a hard-coded root account password that cannot be changed by the user. An attacker who obtains the firmware or has physical access to the device could recover the credential and use it to obtain root access through the UART interface.
References
Impacted products
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