Bender Charge Controller: Hardcoded Credentials in Charge Controller

published 2022-04-27 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-21251

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits: 0; none known

In Bender/ebee Charge Controllers in multiple versions are prone to Hardcoded Credentials. Bender charge controller CC612 in version 5.20.1 and below is prone to hardcoded ssh credentials. An attacker may use the password to gain administrative access to the web-UI.

Patch / fix

fixed in 4

Bender / ebee CC612 5.11.2, 5.12.5, 5.13.2, 5.20.2
Bender / ebee CC613 5.11.2, 5.12.5, 5.13.2, 5.20.2
Bender / ebee ICC15xx 5.11.2, 5.12.5, 5.13.2, 5.20.2
Bender / ebee ICC16xx 5.11.2, 5.12.5, 5.13.2, 5.20.2

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Exploit prediction

1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Bender / ebee CC612
Bender / ebee CC613
Bender / ebee ICC15xx
Bender / ebee ICC16xx

Classification

Weakness

CWE-259 Use of Hard-coded Password
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

cert.vde.com /en/advisories/VDE-2021-047
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-34601
NVD CVE-2021-34601

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