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Botslab G980H CVE-2026-88761

| EUVDEUVD-2026-86452 MEDIUM
Use of Weak Credentials (CWE-1391)
2026-09-24 ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov GHSA-5x9v-2jcx-698h
6.0
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: hq
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Position within WiFi range of dashcam
  2. Delivery
    Harvest advertised device info from beacon/SSID
  3. Exploit
    Derive most of default WiFi password
  4. Execution
    Brute-force remaining characters
  5. Impact
    Associate to device network unauthorized

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Strong credential management
Exploitation Conditions

Requires the attacker to be within physical WiFi range of a Botslab G980H dash camera operating with its DEFAULT WiFi password unchanged. The camera advertises portions of the device information used to derive that password, leaving only a limited remaining keyspace to guess. Limiting factors: adjacent-network access only (no remote/internet exploitation), the AT:P attack requirement (some guessing effort against the residual characters), and mitigation is trivial where the operator has changed the default WiFi password. Impact is confined to gaining access to the device's own WiFi network.

Impact

Moderate, geographically-constrained risk. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N, base 6.0) is internally consistent with the description: exploitation requires WiFi-adjacent physical proximity (AV:A), no privileges or user interaction, and carries an AT:P attack-requirement reflecting the limited guessing needed to recover the unadvertised password characters. Impact is confidentiality-only (VC:H) - gaining network access - with no integrity or availability impact scored. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV entry, and no public POC are present in the input, so there is no evidence of active or automated exploitation; the AT:P requirement plus WiFi-range proximity makes mass/remote exploitation infeasible, so this is a targeted opportunistic issue rather than a scalable one. This is a real weakness (CWE-1391, predictable credentials) but a low-priority one relative to network-remotely-exploitable flaws: the AV:A adjacency and the physical-proximity constraint are the dominant risk limiters. Note the tag 'Authentication Bypass' loosely characterizes a predictable-credential weakness; it does not indicate a true auth-logic bypass.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker parked within WiFi range of a vehicle observes the portions of the dash camera's device information that the product advertises (e.g., over its beacon/SSID), reconstructs most of the default WiFi password, and brute-forces the small remaining keyspace to join the camera's network. Once associated, the attacker has unauthorized access to the device network and its exposed services. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and exploitation requires physical WiFi proximity.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 24, 2026

Unauthenticated attackers within WiFi range of a Botslab G980H dash camera can derive its default WiFi password from predictable device information - portions of which the camera itself advertises - and use limited guessing to obtain the remaining characters, gaining unauthorized access to the camera's own wireless network. Exploitation requires physical proximity and is only feasible while the factory default WiFi password remains unchanged, so this is a moderate, geographically constrained risk rather than an internet-facing one. No public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis, and mitigation is trivial where the operator has already set a custom WiFi password.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch was identified at time of analysis, so the primary mitigation is configuration: immediately change the G980H's default WiFi password to a long, randomly generated passphrase (12+ mixed characters) and, because the derivation uses advertised device information, also change the default network name/SSID so the broadcast portion of the seed is no longer exposed - note that renaming the SSID alone is insufficient if the password is still derivable from other printed or broadcast identifiers, so the password must be truly random. If the camera's WiFi hotspot/AP mode is not required, disable it, accepting the trade-off that companion-app live view, local file retrieval, and cloud upload over that interface stop working until it is re-enabled. Where hotspot use is unavoidable, keep the vehicle/camera out of range of untrusted parties (covered parking, private garages) and review the camera's connected-client or DHCP lease list for unknown devices; a factory reset and re-provisioning with a new password should be performed if unauthorized access is suspected. Monitor the CISA advisory page (https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-267-01) and the vendor site (https://www.botslab.com/pages/about-botslab) for a firmware update that replaces the deterministic password scheme, and treat any such release as the definitive fix.

Affected VersionsENISA

G980H 30010_QHG980HN5294SysFW+
G980H 58_QHG980HMCN5291SysFW+

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-1391 (Use of Weak Credentials): the G980H firmware does not generate a random per-device WiFi pre-shared key at manufacture, but instead computes the default WPA/WPA2-style password deterministically from static device attributes, some of which the product broadcasts in the clear (for example the default network name/SSID or other advertised identifiers). Anyone who can observe the broadcast portion can reduce the effective password keyspace to a small number of unknown characters and brute-force or guess them offline/online over the air. The advisory - CISA ICSA-26-267-01, published under the ICS/OT program (reported by ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov) - is tagged as an Authentication Bypass issue. The CVSS v4.0 vector (AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N) indicates an adjacent-network, unauthenticated attack that requires attack prerequisites (the residual guessing effort) and yields high confidentiality impact only, with no integrity or availability effect on the vulnerable system and no scope change. Our independent assessment maps this to CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, i.e. the same adjacent, unauthenticated, high-confidentiality picture with the guessing requirement expressed as high attack complexity. Impact is confined to the camera's own WiFi network segment; the flaw does not provide escalation into other networks or code execution on the device based on available data.

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Severity by source

Vendor (hq) PRIMARY 6.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 5.3 MEDIUM

AV:A for WiFi-range adjacency, AC:H because part of the password must still be brute-forced, PR:N/UI:N unauthenticated with no interaction; impact is network-access confidentiality only (C:H), no I/A.

3.1 AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (hq).

CVSS VectorVendor: hq

Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
High
Vulnerable system: Integrity
None
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

The Botslab G980H dash camera firmware generates the default WiFi password using predictable device information, portions of which are advertised by the product. An unauthenticated attacker within WiFi range could potentially determine the remaining password characters through limited guessing and gain unauthorized access to the device network.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 95% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
consumer IoT dash camera, niche single-model footprint, no enterprise deployment
Threat Intel
1
1 source
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat Yes
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Controlled
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

40
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +30
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: +10
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

Threat IntelligenceMISP

CISA Advisories
Sources: CISA (public domain)

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