CVEPublished 2026-07-24Modified 2026-07-270 articles on news4 live referencesNVD data

CVE-2026-12504

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1
EPSS percentile
3
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 97% of all CVEs
Description

Improper Authentication (CWE-287) in the PAM configuration in Loytec LIP-ME201C, L-INX, L-GATE, L-ROC, L-IOB, L-DALI, L-VIS and L-PAD through 8.4.16 on LINX-A64 allows a local attacker to authenticate as a uid=0 account without a password and obtain a root shell via an `/etc/passwd` entry with an empty password field.

Timeline
Published 2026-07-24
Modified 2026-07-27

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