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CVE-2025-9091 json

Tenda AC20 shadow hard-coded credentials

published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-25104

cvss
2.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A security flaw has been discovered in Tenda AC20 16.03.08.12. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /etc_ro/shadow. The manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/ZZ2266/.github.io/blob/main/AC20/hardcoded%20password/readme.md#description referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/ZZ2266/.github.io/blob/main/AC20/hardcoded%20password/readme.md referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/ZZ2266/.github.io/tree/main/AC20/hardcoded%20password/readme.md referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 2.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA 3.1 2.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA 3.0 2.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA 2.0 1.0 AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR
CNA 4.0 1.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA 3.1 2.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 2.0 1.0 AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Tenda AC20

Classification

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

References

Sources

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