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Authentication bypass in com_check

6.9MediumCNA
Exploited
No known exploitation
Fix
Fixed in 2.21.0
Who is exposed
Not reported

Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: 2.21.0.

Published
Last modified
Reference
Last checked
0.39% · 33rd percentile
27/100 · provisional
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

An unauthenticated remote attacker can perform an authentication bypass on the com_check function, potentially triggering traffic on other systems and email alerts. This can result in some loss of availability due to higher system loads.

cve.now Index

27Pcve.now Index 27 of 100 · methodology v3 · provisional
  • Exploitation0/40No signal
  • Exposure20/25No login or user action needed per the CVSS vector, CISA rates it automatable · Unknown: No advisory context yet
  • Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
  • Severity6.9/10CVSS 6.9
  • No patch0/5No signal

What would change the score

  • Would score about 72 if added to CISA KEV
  • Would score about 67 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
  • Would score about 32 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed

What to do

  • Upgrade to a fixed version: 2.21.0.

Check your systems with an agent

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Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-60042 (Authentication bypass in com_check), using the cve.now data below.

Rules: work read-only. Do not run exploit code, proof-of-concept scripts or scanners that send attack payloads, and do not change any configuration, package, image or deployment. Report findings only.

What cve.now has for CVE-2026-60042 (entry last updated 2026-11-10):
Affected:
- MB connect line mbCONNECT24: from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.21.0
- MB connect line mymbCONNECT24: from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.21.0
- Helmholz myREX24V2: from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.21.0
- Helmholz myREX24V2.virtual: from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.21.0
Fixed versions: 2.21.0.
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-60042 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
This KEV status is for CVE-2026-60042 only. If you also check another CVE, look up its own KEV status; never assume it from this one.

How to check:
- Installed software: check what is actually running, not what a repo declares. Read the version from each host, container image and Kubernetes node (the binary's version output, the OS package database, image layers), and check whether the conditions above hold there. Distribution packages may carry a backported fix under an older version number; confirm against the distribution's own advisory.

Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://www.certvde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2026-079/
- https://www.certvde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2026-141/
Do not conclude an asset is unaffected unless you checked it and the evidence covers both its version and the conditions above. If you could not check something, mark it unknown and say what is missing.

Report a table with one row per asset and these columns: Asset | Version or build | Status (affected, fixed, not applicable, unknown) | Compensating controls | Exposure (internet-facing, internal, none) | Evidence | Next action.

Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-60042
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Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. First seen by cve.now
  3. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  4. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • MB connect line mbCONNECT24

    From 2.0.0 · fixed in 2.21.0

  • MB connect line mymbCONNECT24

    From 2.0.0 · fixed in 2.21.0

  • Helmholz myREX24V2

    From 2.0.0 · fixed in 2.21.0

  • Helmholz myREX24V2.virtual

    From 2.0.0 · fixed in 2.21.0

Evidence 4

CVE record · 2

Establishes: The identifier and description.

  1. Record
  2. Record

Other links · 2

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Corrections

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Questions about CVE-2026-60042

Is CVE-2026-60042 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-60042?

mbCONNECT24: from 2.0.0 before 2.21.0. mymbCONNECT24: from 2.0.0 before 2.21.0. myREX24V2: from 2.0.0 before 2.21.0. myREX24V2.virtual: from 2.0.0 before 2.21.0.Source: cve.now feed data

How do I fix CVE-2026-60042?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 2.21.0.Source: cve.now feed data