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CVE-2026-8980: Privilege Escalation

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v4.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-05-28 · updated 2026-10-26
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The Mennekes Amtron series (firmware versions ≤ 5.22.3) is vulnerable to privilege escalation. An authenticated low-privileged user can change the passwords of the admin (operator) and manufacturer accounts via crafted POST requests.

Affected products

• Mennekes Amtron: through 5.22.3

References

• https://cyberdanube.com/security-research/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-mennekes-amtron-series/
• https://cyberdanube.com/security-research/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-mennekes-amtron-series/

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