CVE-2026-18753

Description

The product firmware contains an embedded, static RSA private key utilized by the Lighttpd web server for TLS termination. Exposure of this private key allows malicious actors to breach the confidentiality and integrity of HTTPS communications, enabling traffic decryption and server spoofing.

Overview

State: PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA): GV
CVSS severity: CRITICAL
CVSS score: 9.1 / 10
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Effective score: 9.1 / 10 CRITICAL source: CNA overview
CWE(s): CWE-321
Reserved: 2026-08-04
Published: 2026-08-04 07:08 UTC
Last updated: 2026-08-04 13:36 UTC
Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/18xxx/CVE-2026-18753.json
Linked Threat: CVE-2026-18753 — Hardcoded Cryptographic Key on GV-AS1620 Controller Firmware (GV-ASManager)

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
GeoVision Inc.	GV-AS1620 (AS-Manager)	`V2.07` (affected), `V2.08` (unaffected)	Linux

Vendor references (1)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

https://www.geovision.com.tw/cyber_security.php vendor-advisory

Web references (0)

DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.

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Raw JSON

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-18753.json.

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