CVE-2026-22543 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The credentials required to access the device's web server are sent in base64 within the HTTP headers. Since base64 is not considered a strong cipher, an attacker could intercept the web request handling the login and obtain the credentials

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00024.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Efacec	Qc 120 Qc 60 Qc 90

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Vendors	Products
Efacec	Qc 120 Qc 60 Qc 90

References

Link	Providers
https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en

History

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Efacec Efacec qc 120 Efacec qc 60 Efacec qc 90
Vendors & Products		Efacec Efacec qc 120 Efacec qc 60 Efacec qc 90

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The credentials required to access the device's web server are sent in base64 within the HTTP headers. Since base64 is not considered a strong cipher, an attacker could intercept the web request handling the login and obtain the credentials
Title		WEEK ENCODING FOR PASSWORDS
Weaknesses		CWE-261
References		https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: S21sec

Published: 2026-01-07T16:10:57.941Z

Updated: 2026-01-07T16:57:16.512Z

Reserved: 2026-01-07T14:01:04.829Z

Link: CVE-2026-22543

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-07T16:24:29.724Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-01-07T17:16:04.057

Modified: 2026-01-08T18:08:54.147

Link: CVE-2026-22543

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-08T09:48:25Z

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