Use of Default Credentials in boneIO
Severity and exploitation
KEV coverage does not rule out exploitation.
Assessment vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NSeverity
high7.1CVSS measures technical severity, not the likelihood of an attack.
Known exploitation
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Public exploit
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Remediation
Fix status not established
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What this means
boneIO black_debian_images versions before 1.6.0 use default Mosquitto MQTT broker credentials, allowing a remote attacker to gain full access. The credentials are publicly documented. Devices upgraded from earlier versions keep their existing credentials.
Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.Attack conditions
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boneIO · CERT-PL
black_debian_images
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boneIO · CERT-PL
black_debian_images
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affected
1.2.0 → before 1.6.0
semver versions
Other versions: unaffected
What to do
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Public exploit evidence
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Original source description
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boneIO black_debian_images ships with a Mosquitto MQTT broker that uses the same default credentials on all devices. These credentials are publicly documented on github, and there is no indication in the instructions to change them. A remote attacker can use them to gain full read and write access to the broker, allowing control of connected relays, blinds, and gates, and injection of fake entities into a linked Home Assistant installation.
This issue was fixed in version 1.6.0 of the image: MQTT passwords are generated per device at first boot. Devices upgraded from earlier versions keep their existing broker credentials; from boneio 1.6.0 the web panel reports credentials that are still the published defaults, and the owner has to change them.
References
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Evidence available
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Original records
CVE-2026-77056View the latest unmodified CVE JSON from the official source. It may be newer than this imported page.
cve.new JSON →Environment requirements
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CERT-PL · platform conditions
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Vulnerable product
cpe:2.3:a:boneio:black_debian_images:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*From (inclusive): 1.2.0
Before: 1.6.0
Applicability preview
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