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CVE-2026-121818

About Time Technologies|Herowatch Go - Security Misconfiguration

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Severity and exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

KEV coverage does not rule out exploitation.

KEV checked 08/11/2026, 03:15:33 UTC
twcert · CVSS:4.0 · 8.5
Assessment vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
twcert · CVSS:3.1 · 7.8
Assessment vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Severity

high8.5

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Known exploitation

Not listed in the checked CISA KEV catalog

Absence from CISA KEV does not rule out attacks.

Public exploit

Not established by this record

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Remediation

Source guidance available

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What this means

Herowatch Go by About Time Technologies has a security misconfiguration vulnerability, allowing authenticated local attackers to sign malicious programs using a publicly available test key, potentially elevating privileges. The vulnerability affects all versions. The product is no longer maintained.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Attack conditions

No attack-condition excerpt has been identified here. Review the full source description and references for authentication, network access, and configuration requirements.

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Affected versions

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About Time Technologies · twcert

Herowatch Go

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affected

all

custom versions

unaffected

unknown

Other versions: unaffected

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What to do

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The product is no longer maintained. Users are advised to replace it with a supported device.

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Public exploit evidence

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Original source description

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Herowatch Mini developed by About Time Technologies has a system signing vulnerability. Authenticated local attackers can exploit a publicly available test key to sign malicious programs, allowing them to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary code.

References

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Original records

CVE-2026-121818

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Underlying weaknesses

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CWE-1394 ↗

CWE-1394 Use of Default Cryptographic Key

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Contributing organizations · 2
twcert

Assigning organization

2026-11-04
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-11-04

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What changed

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  1. CVE · CVE-2026-121818

    Observed 2026-11-04T20:50:53.528Z · upstream updated 2026-11-04T20:00:58.496Z

    Prioritization updated

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          {
            "name": "Exploitation",
            "value": "none"
          },
          {
            "name": "Automatable",
            "value": "no"
          },
          {
            "name": "Technical Impact",
            "value": "total"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  2. CVE · CVE-2026-121818

    Observed 2026-11-04T07:05:44.656Z · upstream updated 2026-11-04T06:56:13.525Z

    Product or version evidence changed

    before

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        "cpes": [],
        "source": "twcert",
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      }
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    after

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        "vendor": "About Time Technologies",
        "name": "Herowatch Go",
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            "version": "all",
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            "versionType": "custom"
          }
        ],
        "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
        "cpes": [],
        "source": "twcert",
        "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-121818"
      }
    ]

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