01 Record

CVE-2020-9306

Tesla SolarCity Solar Monitoring Gateway through 5.46.43 has a "Use of Hard-coded Credentials" issue because Digi ConnectPort X2e uses a .pyc file to store the cleartext password for the python user

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base score8.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N

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02 Description

Tesla SolarCity Solar Monitoring Gateway through 5.46.43 has a "Use of Hard-coded Credentials" issue because Digi ConnectPort X2e uses a .pyc file to store the cleartext password for the python user

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 1.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 67.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2021-02-17 23:11Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 10:26Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-02-19

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N

Weaknesses

CWE-522Insufficiently Protected CredentialsClass
CWE-798Use of Hard-coded CredentialsBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

279efe94a1e02dbea7c14683541eb3c2a9ca2f7f2c6ab114ccd87abd8641e4c4

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

teslasolarcity_solar_monitoring_gatewayNot specified—

06 References

www.fireeye.comhttps://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research.htmlx_refsource_MISC
www.fireeye.comhttps://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2021/02/solarcity-exploitation-of-x2e-iot-device-part-one.htmlx_refsource_MISC
www.fireeye.comhttps://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2021/02/solarcity-exploitation-of-x2e-iot-device-part-two.htmlx_refsource_MISC
github.comhttps://github.com/fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/FEYE-2020-0019/FEYE-2020-0019.mdx_refsource_CONFIRM