---
title: "CVE-2026-28745: Generic Product - Weak Cryptography"
description: "A product contains a weak cryptography vulnerability caused by storing usernames and passwords, including default credentials, with weak encryption in the configuration file, letting attackers obtain other credentials if default credentials are known, exploit requires knowledge of default credentials."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-28745/
---

# CVE-2026-28745 Generic Product - Weak Cryptography

A product contains a weak cryptography vulnerability caused by storing usernames and passwords, including default credentials, with weak encryption in the configuration file, letting attackers obtain other credentials if default credentials are known, exploit requires knowledge of default credentials.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

EPSS

0.22% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28745)

## Details

Type

Weak Cryptography

Impact

Information Disclosure

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Published

9 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-257](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/257.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with improved encryption or apply stronger encryption methods.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28745](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28745)
- [https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf\_files/OT/white/2026/icsa-26-281-01.json](https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsa-26-281-01.json)
- [https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-281-01](https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-281-01)
- [https://www.hms-networks.com/](https://www.hms-networks.com/)
- [https://www.hms-networks.com/cybersecurity](https://www.hms-networks.com/cybersecurity)

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## What this record can't tell you

- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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