CVE-2026-8979

published 2026-05-28

CVE-2026-8979: The Mennekes Amtron series (firmware versions ≤ 5.22.3) is vulnerable to an authentication bypass. An unauthenticated remote attacker can change the password…

Priority P2 73 critical 9.3 CVSS 4.0

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The Mennekes Amtron series (firmware versions ≤ 5.22.3) is vulnerable to an authentication bypass. An unauthenticated remote attacker can change the password of the user account via a crafted POST request to the /operator/operator endpoint.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
mennekes	amtron	<= 5.22.3	—

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