CVE-2023-43870
HIGHPaxton Access Net2 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials in Root Certificate
Title source: llmDescription
When installing the Net2 software a root certificate is installed into the trusted store. A potential hacker could access the installer batch file or reverse engineer the source code to gain access to the root certificate password. Using the root certificate and password they could then create their own certificates to emulate another site. Then by establishing a proxy service to emulate the site they could monitor traffic passed between the end user and the site allowing access to the data content.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Product product
https://www.paxton-access.com/systems/net2/
Scores
CVSS v3
8.1
EPSS
0.0040
EPSS Percentile
32.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-798
Status
published
Products (2)
paxton-access/net2
6.07
paxton-access/net2
6.02 - 6.07
Published
Dec 19, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026