CVE-2018-16201

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-01-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-798

Description

Toshiba Home gateway HEM-GW16A 1.2.9 and earlier, Toshiba Home gateway HEM-GW26A 1.2.9 and earlier uses hard-coded credentials, which may allow an attacker on the same network segment to login to the administrators settings screen and change the configuration or execute arbitrary OS commands.

Affected products

Toshiba Hem-Gw16A Firmware: through 1.2.9
Toshiba Hem-Gw26A Firmware: through 1.2.9

References

http://www.tlt.co.jp/tlt/information/seihin/notice/defect/20181219/20181219.htm
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN99810718/index.html
http://www.tlt.co.jp/tlt/information/seihin/notice/defect/20181219/20181219.htm
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN99810718/index.html

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