CVE•Published 2026-08-13•Modified 2026-09-08•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-18164
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:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
14
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 86% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
An undocumented hard-coded credential, shared by all device units, is authorized to bypass authentication. This allows an attacker within Bluetooth range to arbitrarily manipulate brain stimulation parameters and state.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-13
Modified 2026-09-08
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-18164Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-18164Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-18164Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-18164GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-18164" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.