CVE-2018-16158
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 34.9% (pctl 98)
Patch early
EPSS 34.9% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
Eaton Power Xpert Meter 4000, 6000, and 8000 devices before 13.4.0.10 have a single SSH private key across different customers' installations and do not properly restrict access to this key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform SSH logins (to uid 0) via the PubkeyAuthentication option.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 34.93% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-798 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-08-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (6)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| eaton | power xpert meter 4000 |
| eaton | power xpert meter 4000 firmware |
| eaton | power xpert meter 6000 |
| eaton | power xpert meter 6000 firmware |
| eaton | power xpert meter 8000 |
| eaton | power xpert meter 8000 firmware |
References
- http://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/company/news-insights/cybersecurity/security-bulletins/PXM-Advisory.pdf
- https://www.ctrlu.net/vuln/0006.html
- https://github.com/BrianWGray/msf/blob/master/exploits/linux/ssh/eaton_known_privkey.rb
- http://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/company/news-insights/cybersecurity/security-bulletins/PXM-Advisory.pdf
- https://www.ctrlu.net/vuln/0006.html
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