CVE-2026-90456: critical vulnerability in CISA Malcolm
Use of default credentials in Malcolm
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28Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 9.2epss 0.3%
An example environment-configuration file for a bundled inventory-management component ships with a fixed, publicly-known administrative password. A deployment that copies this example file into active configuration without running the setup routine that regenerates credentials will expose that component's administrative interface to anyone aware of the default value.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
CISA · MalcolmRelated CVEs — CISA Malcolm
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2026-107333HIGHIncorrect Authorization in MalcolmEPSS 1.2%CVE-2026-107335MEDIUMImproper Handling of Highly Compressed Data in MalcolmEPSS 0.5%CVE-2026-107362HIGHServer-Side Request Forgery in MalcolmEPSS 0.3%CVE-2026-90445HIGHPath Traversal in MalcolmEPSS 0.3%CVE-2026-90444HIGHOS Command Injection in MalcolmEPSS 0.3%CVE-2026-90451HIGHUse of Default Credentials in MalcolmEPSS 0.3%