CVE-2017-9855

CRITICAL

SMA Solar Technology - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in SMA Solar Technology products. A secondary authentication system is available for Installers called the Grid Guard system. This system uses predictable codes, and a single Grid Guard code can be used on any SMA inverter. Any such code, when combined with the installer account, allows changing very sensitive parameters. NOTE: the vendor reports that Grid Guard is not an authentication feature; it is only a tracing feature. Also, only Sunny Boy TLST-21 and TL-21 and Sunny Tripower TL-10 and TL-30 could potentially be affected

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0158
EPSS Percentile 72.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (39)
sma/sunny_boy_1.5_firmware
sma/sunny_boy_2.5_firmware
sma/sunny_boy_3.0_firmware
sma/sunny_boy_3.6_firmware
sma/sunny_boy_3000tl_firmware
sma/sunny_boy_3600_firmware
sma/sunny_boy_3600tl_firmware
sma/sunny_boy_4.0_firmware
sma/sunny_boy_4000tl_firmware
sma/sunny_boy_5.0_firmware
... and 29 more
Published Aug 05, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026