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CVE-2016-2230

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-02-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-255

Description

OpenELEC and RasPlex devices have a hardcoded password for the root account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via an SSH session.

Affected products

• Openelec: all versions

References

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544527
• https://github.com/RasPlex/RasPlex/issues/453
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544527
• https://github.com/RasPlex/RasPlex/issues/453

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