Engineering workstation access via hard-coded VNC password
Published Jul 31, 2026 · Updated Jul 31, 2026
Hard-coded credentials in ANDRITZ HIPASE-250 7.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to access engineering workstations through VNC. The workstation provisioning script assigns the same fixed password to x11vnc on every system it configures instead of generating a unique credential. Exploitation requires adjacent-network access and knowledge of the shared password, which grants interactive access to the affected workstation.
Summary
What happened
Hard-coded credentials in ANDRITZ HIPASE-250 7.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to access engineering workstations through VNC. The workstation provisioning script assigns the same fixed password to x11vnc on every system it configures instead of generating a unique credential. Exploitation requires adjacent-network access and knowledge of the shared password, which grants interactive access to the affected workstation.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-65313
- Published
- Jul 31, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 31, 2026
- Vendor
- ANDRITZ
- Product
- HIPASE-250
- Classifications
- CWE-798, CWE-1392, CAPEC-70, T1078.001
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 31, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 31, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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