DSA-2019-022: Dell Wyse Password Encoder Hard-coded Cryptographic Key Vulnerability

published 2019-02-13 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-7644

cvss: 7.9; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Dell Wyse Password Encoder in ThinLinux2 versions prior to 2.1.0.01 contain a Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker could reverse engineer the cryptographic system used in the Dell Wyse Password Encoder to discover the hard coded private key and decrypt locally stored cipher text.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

Dell Wyse Password Encoder 2.1.0.01

dell.com/support/article/SLN316104 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	7.9	CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.0	8.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.9	AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Dell Wyse Password Encoder

Classification

Weakness

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

dell.com /support/article/SLN316104
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-15781
NVD CVE-2018-15781

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