CVE-2026-9142: There is an insecure default credentials vulnerability in NI grpc-device when TLS configuration is not present and the server is bound beyond loopback. This…

PriorityP267critical9.1CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAN

EPSS

0.31%

22.4th percentile

There is an insecure default credentials vulnerability in NI grpc-device when TLS configuration is not present and the server is bound beyond loopback. This may allow an unauthenticated user access to the server on the local network. This affects NI grpc-device 2.17.0 and prior versions.

Affected

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
ni	grpc-device	<= 2.17.0	—
ni	instrumentstudio	<= 2025	—
ni	instrumentstudio	—	—
ni	instrumentstudio	—	—
ni	ni_grpc_device_server	< 2.18.0	2.18.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.1CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

nvdv4.09.3CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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

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