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Digital Watchdog VMAX EUVDEUVD-2026-79950

| CVE-2026-68950 HIGH
Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798)
2026-09-15 ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov GHSA-vrh9-rxg2-c33f
8.7
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: hq
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8.7 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/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
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8.8 HIGH

Attack arrives over the adjacent network via a reachable FTP service with static credentials, so PR:N and AC:L; root file access yields full C/I/A.

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

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CVSS VectorVendor: hq

Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
X

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2
Analysis Generated
Sep 15, 2026 - 21:42 vuln.today
CVE Published
Sep 15, 2026 - 21:16 cve.org
HIGH 8.7

DescriptionCVE.org

The affected products use hard-coded credentials, which could allow an attacker to run the ftpd service as root, providing remote root file access where FTP is reachable.

AnalysisAI

Hard-coded credentials in the FTP daemon (ftpd) shipped with multiple Digital Watchdog video recorders and NVRs-including VG4 Recorder, VMAX IP G4 NVR, VMAX A1 PLUS, VA1G4 Recorder, and VMAX A1 G4 DVR-let anyone who can reach the FTP service log in and operate the daemon as root. Because the ftpd runs as root, a successful login grants remote read and write access to the device filesystem, allowing an attacker to tamper with recorded surveillance video, alter device configuration, or use the box as a foothold on the camera VLAN. …

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Exploitation Exploitation requires that the ftpd service be enabled and reachable on the recorder (it is the same service that provides remote FTP file access), and that the attacker have network adjacency to the device-the CVSS 4.0 vector is AV:A, so L2/L3 reachability to the FTP port on the camera/NVR VLAN, a shared management network, or a wireless segment bridged into that VLAN is sufficient; there is no internet-facing requirement unless a deployment has forwarded port 21 to the recorder. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N, VC:H/VI:H/VA:H) describes a low-complexity, unauthenticated attack from the adjacent network with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the device itself, and the No-Privileges/no-Interaction combination means no phishing or valid account is needed-only L2/L3 reachability to the recorder, which is common on flat camera or building-management VLANs. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation No vendor-released patch version is identified in the available data, so the immediate action is containment rather than upgrade: disable the FTP/ftpd service on every affected recorder and NVR through the device administration interface, and block TCP port 21 (and any non-standard FTP control/data ports the device exposes) at the VLAN boundary and on the host firewall. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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