CVE•Published 2026-09-18•Modified 2026-09-21•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-85497
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
11
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 89% of all CVEs
Description
CareCam CM2507 IP cameras store the device's root-account password using a fixed legacy password hash that provides insufficient resistance to offline cracking. An attacker who obtains the firmware image or password database could recover the associated credential, which may also be reusable across other devices running the same firmware.
Timeline
Published 2026-09-18
Modified 2026-09-21
External references
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More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-85497Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-85497Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
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CVE-2026-85497Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
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Google dork
"CVE-2026-85497" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-85497 on GitHub.