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CVE-2022-36555

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-08-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-326

Description

Hytec Inter HWL-2511-SS v1.05 and below implements a SHA512crypt hash for the root account which can be easily cracked via a brute-force attack.

Affected products

• Hytec Hwl-2511-Ss Firmware: through 1.05

References

• https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/b27418ab801eb0b9cdbe8d042cb0249b
• https://hytec.co.jp/eng/products/our-brand/hwl-2511-ss.html
• https://hytec.co.jp/eng/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/hwl-2511-ss-ds.3.0.pdf
• https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/b27418ab801eb0b9cdbe8d042cb0249b
• https://hytec.co.jp/eng/products/our-brand/hwl-2511-ss.html
• https://hytec.co.jp/eng/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/hwl-2511-ss-ds.3.0.pdf

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