CVE-2026-86464
CRITICAL 9.9 ALL-YEARSIn the current development version of Eclipse aeriOS, for which no official release has yet been published, the Identity Manager (IdM) deployment included insecure default configurations and credentials for security-sensitive services. The Helm chart exposed the Keycloak service and its PostgreSQL backing database through Kubernetes NodePort services by default, while the Docker Compose deployment similarly exposed PostgreSQL on all network interfaces. The deployment included fixed default credentials for the Keycloak administrator and PostgreSQL database user, and the previous Helm chart configuration did not provide adequate secret management for these credentials. In addition, predefined application users with known credentials were provided for development and testing without sufficiently warning operators against their use in production environments. An attacker able to reach the exposed services could use the published default credentials to obtain administrative access to the Identity Manager or direct access to its database. This could allow unauthorized access to or modification of identity-management data, including users, roles, client credentials, sessions, and cryptographic material, and could enable the creation of privileged identities or tokens accepted by other aeriOS components. The issue has been addressed by generating a random Keycloak administrator password by default, managing Keycloak and PostgreSQL credentials through Kubernetes Secrets, a
Severe if exploited (CVSS 9.9), but no confirmed exploitation. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
0.5%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 45th percentile
Impact if exploited
9.9CVSS 4.0 · CRITICAL · CNA
- ConfidentialityHigh
- IntegrityHigh
- AvailabilityHigh
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
- ✓Requirements: No special attack requirements
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept & exploit code
No public exploit or proof-of-concept code is catalogued for this CVE (no ExploitDB, Nuclei, or CISA-KEV entry). It may still exist — search GitHub or check the references below.
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
- CWE-306: Missing authentication for critical function
- CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials
- CWE-1188: Initialization of a resource with an insecure default
- CWE-1392: Use of default credentials
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
All CVSS metrics
- CRITICAL 9.9 v4.0 · CNA Primary
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N - CRITICAL 9.9 v4.0 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
References
Technical & other
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/work_items/808
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/work_items/809
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/work_items/829
- https://github.com/eclipse-aerios/idm/pull/1
- https://github.com/eclipse-aerios/idm/commit/364a8cce1cd6be36ba8a400ad41e753052e7d34d
- https://github.com/eclipse-aerios/idm/commit/c6135f3ba1d7351630973b3337850ea40caed356