CVE-2026-43844 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A vulnerability in the proprietary protocol could allow an attacker to bypass the authentication mechanism.

Published: 2026-10-20

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Advantech

ADAM-3600

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`prior to version 2.8.5.0`	affected	—

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Advantech has released a security update to address these vulnerabilities. Users and administrators of affected product versions are advised to update to the latest version immediately.

Tracking

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Advisories

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Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0041.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.advantech.com/en/security-advisory
https://www.csa.gov.sg/alerts-and-advisories/alerts/al-2026-149

History

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A vulnerability in the proprietary protocol could allow an attacker to bypass the authentication mechanism.
References		https://www.advantech.com/en/security-advisory https://www.csa.gov.sg/alerts-and-advisories/alerts/al-2026-149
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CSA

Published: 2026-10-20T08:45:47.036Z

Updated: 2026-10-20T08:50:26.844Z

Reserved: 2026-05-04T03:13:39.245Z

Link: CVE-2026-43844

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-20T09:17:10.800

Modified: 2026-10-20T09:17:10.800

Link: CVE-2026-43844

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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