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CVE-2018-16546

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-09-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-798

Description

Amcrest networked devices use the same hardcoded SSL private key across different customers' installations, which allows remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation, as demonstrated by Amcrest_IPC-HX1X3X-LEXUS_Eng_N_AMCREST_V2.420.AC01.3.R.20180206.

Affected products

• Amcrest Ipc-Hx1X3X-Lexus Eng N Amcrest: v2.420.ac01.3.r.20180206

References

• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/6
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/6

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