CVE-2026-62252: Homer: Hardcoded Default Admin Password 'sipcapture' With No Forced Change on First Login

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: 2026-10-07 · updated 2026-10-08
Weakness: CWE-798

Description

Homer is open source telecom observability software. Prior to version 11.0.283, on every fresh Homer deployment using internal authentication, the bootstrap process automatically creates an `admin` account with the password `sipcapture` (stored as a legacy SHA-256 hex hash). There is no first-login forced-change mechanism. Any attacker who reaches the login endpoint immediately gains full administrative access. Version 11.0.283 patches the issue.

Affected products

sipcapture homer: before 11.0.283

References

https://github.com/sipcapture/homer/commit/b2e942031ff8cd7435a244ebef306ee97d16b809
https://github.com/sipcapture/homer/pull/838
https://github.com/sipcapture/homer/releases/tag/11.0.283
https://github.com/sipcapture/homer/security/advisories/GHSA-6xp5-7rcx-xfgx
https://github.com/sipcapture/homer/security/advisories/GHSA-6xp5-7rcx-xfgx

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