Device takeover via cleartext IoT Hub credentials
Published Jul 25, 2025 · Updated Feb 25, 2026
Cleartext credential retrieval in Gardyn Home Kit Firmware before master.619 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to control devices. The conn.py scheduler requests the Azure IoT Hub connection string every 30 seconds from a hard-coded HTTP endpoint without transport integrity. An attacker able to intercept and alter that response can redirect the kit to an attacker-controlled IoT Hub, capture credentials, and issue device-management commands.
Summary
What happened
Cleartext credential retrieval in Gardyn Home Kit Firmware before master.619 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to control devices. The conn.py scheduler requests the Azure IoT Hub connection string every 30 seconds from a hard-coded HTTP endpoint without transport integrity. An attacker able to intercept and alter that response can redirect the kit to an attacker-controlled IoT Hub, capture credentials, and issue device-management commands.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-29628
- Published
- Jul 25, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 25, 2026
- Vendor
- Gardyn
- Product
- Gardyn Home Kit Firmware
- Classifications
- CWE-924, CWE-319, T1557
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 25, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <master.619
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Public exploit references
- IoT Hub redirection proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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