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CWE-321: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

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The product uses a hard-coded, unchangeable cryptographic key.

How to prevent it (1 mitigation)
  1. Architecture and Design

    Prevention schemes mirror that of hard-coded password storage.

Source: MITRE CWE-321

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  • Critical 9.0

    Wärtsilä FOS-Onboard Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

    A hardcoded cryptographic server key vulnerability exists in the deployer-ng Update Controller component of Wärtsilä FOS-Onboard.

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2026-89026 Public exploit Scanner template

    Issabel Framework Hard-coded JWT Key RCE via pbxapi/manager/originate

    The Issabel Framework, the web framework supporting Issabel PBX software, before commit b97dbaf contains a hard-coded HS256 JWT signing key in the pbxapi index.php file that is identical across every installation, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to …

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2026-79551 Public exploit

    Tenda Technology Co., Ltd NVR_4H CH3 v2.1 V27.5.58.6 was discovered to contain a hardcoded cryptographic key.

  • Critical 9.8

    Crawlab through 0.6.3 Authentication Bypass via Hard-coded JWT Secret

    Crawlab through 0.6.3 uses a hard-coded HMAC-SHA256 secret for JWT token signing that cannot be overridden via configuration or environment variables. Unauthenticated attackers can forge valid administrator tokens to access administrative APIs and execute cod…

  • High 8.3

    dromara orion-visor HostKeyServiceImpl.java HostKeyServiceImpl.encryptKey hard-coded key

    A security vulnerability has been detected in dromara orion-visor up to 2.5.7. This affects the function HostKeyServiceImpl.encryptKey of the file orion-visor-modules/orion-visor-module-asset/orion-visor-module-asset-service/src/main/java/org/dromara/visor/mo…

  • Critical 9.8

    MaxSite CMS through 109.6 Authentication Bypass via Hardcoded Encryption Key

    MaxSite CMS through 109.6 ships with a hardcoded session encryption key in application/config/config.php that is never changed during installation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge administrator session cookies. Attackers can mint a malicious ci_se…

  • Medium 4.4

    Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00, contains…

  • Medium 4.4

    Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00, contains…

  • Medium 6.5

    Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00, contains…

  • Critical 9.1

    OpenIDC/cjose uses all-zero Content Encryption Key for AES-CBC-HMAC JWE encryption

    OpenIDC/cjose is a C library implementing the Javascript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE). In versions 0.6.1 through 0.6.2.5, when cjose encrypts a JWE using an AES-CBC-HMAC content-encryption algorithm (`A128CBC-HS256`, `A192CBC-HS384`, or `A256CBC-HS512…

  • High 8.4

    AVEVA Pipeline Integrity Monitor Use of hard-coded cryptographic key

    The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow a miscreant with read access to PIMBoards project files to decrypt and view sensitive information.

  • Medium 5.5

    Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00, contains…

  • Medium 5.5

    Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00, contains…

  • Medium 5.5

    Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00, contains…

  • Medium 4.3

    liufee FeehiCMS Cookie Validation main-local.php hard-coded key

    A weakness has been identified in liufee FeehiCMS up to 2.1.1. This impacts an unknown function of the file environments/prod/backend/config/main-local.php of the component Cookie Validation. This manipulation of the argument cookieValidationKey causes use of…

  • High 7.8

    PassMark PerformanceTest, BurnInTest, and OSForensics Hard-coded Credentials Authentication Bypass via DirectIo64.sys

    PassMark PerformanceTest before 11.1 build 1012, BurnInTest before 11.1 build 1000, and OSForensics before 11.1 build 1016 contain a hard-coded credentials vulnerability in DirectIo64.sys that allows local attackers to perform arbitrary physical memory writes…

  • Critical 9.1
    CVE-2026-75431 Public exploit

    PowerJob Server version 5.1.2 (and likely earlier) uses a predictable JWT signing key for HS256-based authentication. T…

  • Medium 6.1

    Hardcoded Shared RSA-1024 Private Key in Web Login in TP-Link RE305 and Archer C7

    A hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability exists in TP-Link RE305 V3 and Archer C7 V5. The same RSA-1024 private key is stored within firmware configuration files and reused across devices. An attacker who obtains the private key and captures an HTTP Web U…

  • Medium 5.3

    WWBN AVideo Unauthenticated Password Hash Oracle via encryptPass.json.php

    WWBN AVideo through commit 9c39d8c8 contains an incomplete authentication bypass in encryptPass.json.php that allows unauthenticated attackers to compute valid HMAC tokens using the public site URL and current time. Attackers can forge authentication tokens b…

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2026-74233 Exploited

    Zbtlink MQWrt infosrvd Command Injection

    Zbtlink WE1326, WE357, WE5926, WE5926-WD, WE826-Q, WE826-T2, WE826-WD, WG108, and WG3526 firmware 19.1101, Zbtlink WE2426-C firmware 19.1112, Zbtlink WE5926-EC_QP firmware 20.0516, Zbtlink WF3526-P firmware 19.051, CTN720-W1, LF-1541, and MT7620N firmware 19.…

  • Medium 5.1

    NVIDIA UFM Enterprise contains a vulnerability in the session management component, where an attacker could use a hard-…

  • High 7.7
    CVE-2026-15469 Public exploit

    Hard-coded Mesh Group Private Key in TP-Link Deco XE75, XE5300, and WE10800

    The use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability has been identified in the mesh functionality of Deco XE75 v3, XE5300 v3.6 and WE10800 v3.6.  A shared RSA-512 mesh group private key is present in the affected firmware and is used by the mesh protocol fo…

  • High 8.8

    act 0.2.81 through 0.2.89 Missing Authorization in the Artifacts V4 Backend

    act starts an HTTP Artifacts V4 backend whenever a workflow uses actions/upload-artifact@v4 or actions/download-artifact@v4. The control-plane RPCs of that backend, including CreateArtifact, GetSignedArtifactURL, ListArtifacts, FinalizeArtifact and DeleteArti…

  • Medium 6.5

    Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key through Companion App Registration in Splunk Secure Gateway

    In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.2, 10.2.6, 10.0.9, and 9.4.14, and Splunk Secure Gateway versions below 3.10.10, 3.9.24, and 3.8.71, a user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could register an arbitrary companion app and cause Splu…

  • Critical 9.1

    An issue in Trueview T18061 WiFi 3MP Robot Pan-Tilt Security Camera Version 1.0 allows a physically proximate attacker …

  • High 7.0

    Airwall - Hardcoded Secrets

    Use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in Johnson Controls Airwall allows : Cryptanalytic Attack. This issue affects Airwall: before 4.1.

  • Medium 5.3

    IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution

    IBM Documentation Offline 1.0.0 through 1.4.1 could allow a remote attacker to forge valid session tokens due to the use of a hardcoded cryptographic key.

  • High 7.8

    During an internal security assessment, a potential vulnerability was discovered in Lenovo Accessories and Display Mana…

  • High 8.4

    ColdFusion | Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key (CWE-321)

    is affected by a Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. A low-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized read and write access. Exploitatio…

  • Medium 6.8

    A vulnerability has been identified in LOGO! Soft Comfort (All versions < V9). Affected products use a static, hardcode…

  • High 7.9

    Credentials disclosure in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Central Management Server)

    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform stores certain sensitive credentials associated with user objects using a hard-coded cryptographic key. An attacker with high privileges and local access to the server could retrieve these objects and decrypt…

  • High 8.5

    Sensitive Data Exposure due to Hardcoded Cryptographic Keys in Multiple TP-Link Aginet Devices

    In affected TP-Link Aginet devices, use of hardcoded cryptographic keys embedded in the firmware to protect sensitive configuration data may allow an attacker who has access to device storage to recover the keys and decrypt stored data. Successful exploitatio…

  • High 8.8

    TeamDavid: Weak Cryptography and Insecure Password Storage

    Use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in Tobit Laboratories AG TeamDavid's Webbox. For users created locally in David, passwords are stored in various files using only obfuscation. Any user with access to the server’s file system, or who can other…

  • Medium 6.5

    Integrity‑check credential leakage vulnerability in an application function of ZTE F689 product

    By accessing unencrypted information in the device firmware, an attacker can obtain credentials related to the integrity verification of a specific application function on the device.

  • Medium 5.3

    TLS credential leakage vulnerability in ZTE F689 product

    By accessing unencrypted information in the device firmware, an attacker can obtain credentials related to TLS transmission.

  • High 8.1

    Use of hard-coded cryptographic key in Acrisure KARR BT and DR-100

    The KARR Security System and SWDS dealer-installed automotive anti-theft systems use a shared Bluetooth authentication key across affected devices. An attacker within Bluetooth range can leverage this weakness to issue unauthorized commands to the vehicle, po…

  • Critical 9.1

    Hardcoded Cryptographic Key in Bilin Software's HUMANIST Digital Human Resources

    Use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in Bilin Software and Informatics Consultancy Inc. HUMANIST Digital Human Resources allows Read Sensitive Constants Within an Executable. This issue affects HUMANIST Digital Human Resources: from 26.0 before 2…

  • Critical 9.1

    Hardcoded Cryptographic Key on GV-AS1620 Controller Firmware (GV-Cloud)

    The product firmware contains an embedded, static RSA private key utilized by the Lighttpd web server for TLS termination. Exposure of this private key allows malicious actors to breach the confidentiality and integrity of HTTPS communications, enabling traff…

  • Critical 9.1

    Hardcoded Cryptographic Key on GV-AS1620 Controller Firmware (GV-ASManager)

    The product firmware contains an embedded, static RSA private key utilized by the Lighttpd web server for TLS termination. Exposure of this private key allows malicious actors to breach the confidentiality and integrity of HTTPS communications, enabling traff…

  • Medium 6.9

    Hardcoded Cryptographic Keys in TP-Link Omada Adoption Protocol Authentication

    A cryptographic weakness exists in the Omada adoption protocol.  The protocol relies on hard-coded cryptographic keys to establish trust and protect authentication exchanges between controllers and managed devices during device adoption. An attacker may be ab…