01 Record
CVE-2026-90456
An example environment-configuration file for a bundled inventory-management component ships with a fixed, publicly-known administrative password. A deployment that copies this example file into
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: icscert
CNA base score9.2 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
02 Description
An example environment-configuration file for a bundled inventory-management component ships with a fixed, publicly-known administrative password. A deployment that copies this example file into
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
- Not scored by EPSS
- EPSS percentile
- Not scored by EPSS
- NVD base score
- 9.2 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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
- NVD analysis status
- Received. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-11.
- 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
- 2026-09-11 21:52Z6 HR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-11 21:52Z6 HR AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-09-11
- Assigning CNA
- icscert
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.2)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1392Use of Default CredentialsBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 82b96f61b073da259c27907e0def870dbb4c57cc48bce7352ff66717797e6914
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- raw.githubusercontent.comhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsa-26-254-01.json
07 Remediation
The latest version of Malcolm (September 2026 or later) fixes these vulnerabilities. Affected users are encouraged to update their instance of Malcolm to the latest version.