CVE-2026-85479 (GCVE-0-2026-85479)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-09 13:52
Modified
2026-10-11 17:05
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
Summary
The STTP-based data publisher on openPDC accepts network connections without authentication in its default configuration. An unauthenticated network attacker can connect to this interface and exchange data with it.
References
Impacted products
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| Grid Protection Alliance | openPDC |
Version: 0 < 2.9.477 Version: 0 < 2.9.482 |
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