CVE•Published 2026-08-31•Modified 2026-09-01•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-38577

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-798Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Description

Insecure hardcoded credentials in the Admin account of Tenda HG21 V4.0.0-260302 allows attackers to gain root access.

Timeline

Published 2026-08-31

Modified 2026-09-01

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC VulnCheck

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).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2026-38577

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-38577

Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.

Censys

vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-38577

Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.

grep.app

CVE-2026-38577

Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.

GitHub code

CVE-2026-38577

GitHub code search for direct mentions.

Google dork

"CVE-2026-38577" exploit -site:nvd.nist.gov

Write-ups and news, NVD excluded.

Known PoCs on GitHub

No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-38577 on GitHub.