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Liderahenk EUVDEUVD-2026-66426

| CVE-2026-75896 CRITICAL
Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798)
2026-08-26 TR-CERT GHSA-7wqv-c2hc-jg8f
9.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: TR-CERT
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Reach Liderahenk management interface over network
  2. Delivery
    Submit hard-coded default credentials
  3. Exploit
    Bypass authentication
  4. Execution
    Access central management console
  5. Impact
    Read or modify endpoint policy/configuration

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Credential externalization
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Persistence, Credential Access

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

No special conditions - remote unauthenticated exploitation against default configurations of Liderahenk, since the credentials are hard-coded and shipped with the product (CVSS PR:N/UI:N/AC:L). The only practical limiting factor is network reachability of the Liderahenk management service: the attacker must be able to reach its network interface (AV:N), so deployments where the management port is confined to an isolated administrative segment or VPN are materially harder to reach. No specific non-default feature toggle, platform, or user interaction is required.

Impact

Signals are consistent and point to genuine priority. The CVSS 3.1 vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N (base 9.1, Critical) describes remote, network-reachable exploitation with low complexity and no privileges or user interaction - a near-worst-case access profile - with high confidentiality and integrity impact but no availability impact, matching an authentication bypass rather than a crash/DoS. Hard-coded credentials are inherently 'automatable' and trivially weaponizable once the values are known, which reasonably maps to an SSVC exploitation posture of at least 'poc'/high-automatable even though no formal SSVC decision was supplied. Counterbalancing this, EPSS was not provided, the flaw is NOT in CISA KEV, and no POC or active-exploitation evidence exists in the input, so there is no confirmation of widespread real-world exploitation yet - the elevated risk is driven by the credential-bypass nature and network exposure, not by observed attacks. Given the product's deployment in Turkish public-sector Linux fleets, any operator running a version before 3.5.5, even a mid-sized municipal or agency IT team, should treat internet- or LAN-exposed Liderahenk management interfaces as urgent to patch.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker with network access to a Liderahenk server (before 3.5.5) submits the software's hard-coded/default credentials to the management interface and is authenticated without any prior access, then reads or alters central endpoint-management policy and configuration for the managed Linux fleet. Because the credentials are static and identical across installations, exploitation is scriptable and requires no user interaction; no public exploit is identified at time of analysis, but the low complexity makes independent rediscovery of the credentials straightforward.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 26, 2026

Hard-coded credentials in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM's Liderahenk Linux endpoint management platform (all versions before 3.5.5) let a remote, unauthenticated attacker log in using built-in default/common username-password pairs, yielding an authentication bypass with high confidentiality and integrity impact. Because Liderahenk centrally administers fleets of Pardus/Linux clients, valid access to its management interface exposes managed-endpoint policies and configuration. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but the flaw was reported by Turkey's national CERT (TR-CERT).

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: 3.5.5 - upgrade all Liderahenk installations to version 3.5.5 or later, which is the first release outside the affected 'before 3.5.5' range, per the TR-CERT advisory at https://siberguvenlik.gov.tr/guvenlik-bildirimleri/detay/tr-26-0916. Until the upgrade is applied, restrict network reachability of the Liderahenk management/server interface to trusted administrative networks or a VPN (blocking direct internet and untrusted-LAN access to its service ports), which mitigates the AV:N remote exposure but does not stop an insider or a compromised internal host; where the platform permits it, rotate or force-change any default/built-in account credentials and audit authentication logs for logins using known default usernames, accepting that hard-coded credentials may not be fully removable without the vendor fix. Because the flaw is a credential bypass, treat any pre-patch exposure as potential compromise and review managed-endpoint configuration for unauthorized changes.

Affected VersionsENISA

Liderahenk 0 <3.5.5

Affected Packages

euvd liderahenk fix: 3.5.5

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

Liderahenk is an open-source, TÜBİTAK BİLGEM-developed centralized management system (part of the Pardus/Turkish public-sector Linux ecosystem) used to administer, monitor, and apply policy to large numbers of Linux client endpoints, functionally comparable to directory/endpoint-management suites. The root cause is CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials): credentials embedded in the shipped software allow authentication with known default or common username/password values rather than operator-provisioned secrets. The single affected product is captured by CPE cpe:2.3:a:tübi̇tak_bi̇lgem_software_technologies_research_institute:liderahenk:*, and the vendor's 'Authentication Bypass' tagging aligns with credentials that are static across deployments and thus effectively public once identified.

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Severity by source

Vendor (TR-CERT) PRIMARY 9.1 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
vuln.today AI 9.1 CRITICAL

Hard-coded credentials are network-reachable and trivially usable (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); bypass grants read/write to management data (C:H/I:H) with no inherent availability impact (A:N).

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

Primary rating from Vendor (TR-CERT).

CVSS VectorVendor: TR-CERT

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Aug 26, 2026 - 15:02 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 26, 2026 - 13:35 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.1

DescriptionCVE.org

Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute Liderahenk allows Try Common or Default Usernames and Passwords.

This issue affects Liderahenk: before 3.5.5.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Liderahenk endpoint management platform (all versions before 3.5.5) contains hard-coded credentials allowing remote, unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access to the central management console. Successful exploitation enables attackers to modify security policies, configurations, and deployments across the entire managed Linux fleet, compromising all connected Pardus/Linux endpoints. This represents a critical supply-chain risk to organizational infrastructure and regulatory compliance.

Business Impact: Severe
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: (1) restrict network access to Liderahenk management interface using firewall rules and network segmentation; (2) enable comprehensive audit logging to detect authentication bypass attempts and unauthorized policy changes; (3) implement network-level certificate-based access controls if platform supports them; (4) monitor for anomalous configuration deployments and policy modifications across managed endpoints; (5) prioritize upgrade to version 3.5.5 immediately upon vendor release.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 86% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche Turkish public-sector Linux fleet-management tool, limited global footprint
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

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 CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
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
Out-of-Cycle
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact
Very High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

46
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +46
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

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

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