CVE•Published 2026-04-03•Modified 2026-04-07•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-15058
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Hirschmann HiLCOS Classic Platform switches Classic L2E, L2P, L3E, L3P versions prior to 09.0.06 and Classic L2B prior to 05.3.07 contain a credential exposure vulnerability where user passwords are synchronized with SNMPv1/v2 community strings and transmitted in plaintext when the feature is enabled. Attackers with local network access can sniff SNMP traffic or extract configuration data to recover plaintext credentials and gain unauthorized administrative access to the switches.
Timeline
Published 2026-04-03
Modified 2026-04-07
External references
Search for exposed instances
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More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-15058Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-15058Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-15058Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-15058GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-15058" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2016-15058 on GitHub.