The published Docker image for openPDC includes a fixed administrative credential with no forced change on first use. An attacker with network access to the management interface can authenticate using this credential and gain full administrative control of the application.
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Workaround

Grid Protection Alliance does not recommend production use of published Docker images in any case. The fix for this vulnerability has not been published to the Docker image.

History

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Description The published Docker image for openPDC includes a fixed administrative credential with no forced change on first use. An attacker with network access to the management interface can authenticate using this credential and gain full administrative control of the application.
Title Grid Protection Alliance openPDC (Docker image) Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Weaknesses CWE-798
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-09T14:01:21.533Z

Reserved: 2026-10-05T16:54:01.631Z

Link: CVE-2026-105278

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-09T15:17:08.197

Modified: 2026-10-09T16:41:53.540

Link: CVE-2026-105278

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-09T16:15:08Z

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