CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-20026
9.3 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-03-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 CRITICAL — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-798
Description
ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity 3.0 contains hardcoded credentials in the bundled Apache Tomcat server that allow unauthenticated attackers to access the manager application. Attackers can authenticate with hardcoded credentials stored in tomcat-users.xml to upload malicious WAR archives containing JSP applications and execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials weakness
References
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2016080266 cxsecurity.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116484 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138567 packetstormsecurity.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40324/ www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zkteco-zkbiosecurity-hardcoded-credentials-remote-code-execution www.vulncheck.com
- https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2016-5362.php www.zeroscience.mk