CVE-2023-40464 (GCVE-0-2023-40464)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-04 22:59 – Updated: 2026-02-25 17:20
VLAI?
Title
Use of hardcoded certificate and private key
Summary
Several versions of ALEOS, including ALEOS 4.16.0, use a hardcoded SSL certificate and private key. An attacker with access to these items could potentially perform a man in the middle attack between the ACEManager client and ACEManager server.
Severity ?
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
Assigner
SWI
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
SierraWireless ALEOS Affected: 4.10 , ≤ 4.16 (Custom)
Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.9.8 (Custom)
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