In version 1012 and prior of Insteon's Insteon Hub, the radio transmissions used for communication between the hub and connected devices ar…

published 2018-02-22 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14356

cvss: 8.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits: 0; none known

In version 1012 and prior of Insteon's Insteon Hub, the radio transmissions used for communication between the hub and connected devices are not encrypted.

Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Insteon Insteon Hub Firmware

Classification

Weakness

CWE-294 Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay
CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

References

blog.rapid7.com /2017/09/22/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-wink-and-insteon-smart-home-systems/
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-5251
NVD CVE-2017-5251

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Summary