CVE-2026-50226: Firmware Theft & IMEI Spoofing via Connect-OTA

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-06-04 · updated 2026-07-22
Weakness: CWE-321

Description

Fixed AES-128-CBC keys inside the AcerConnect OTA application let attackers forge authorization credentials for arbitrary IMEI numbers. This allows unauthorized actors to list catalog items and extract protected binaries from pre-signed cloud links.

Affected products

Acer Connect M6E 5G Portable WiFi Router: through m6e_ai_1.00.000019

References

https://community.acer.com/en/kb/articles/19707

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