CVE-2022-40259

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CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

EPSS

<1%p49

Published

Dec 5, 2022 (Dec 5, 2022)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

MegaRAC Default Credentials Vulnerability

Vendors: ami
Products: megarac sp-x
Weakness: CWE-798, CWE-287
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.6%)

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