CVE-2025-52983

CVE-2025-52983 describes a UI discrepancy in Junos OS on VM Host systems (VM Host Routing Engines) that allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to access the device. On REs, even after removing the public key for root login, users with the corresponding private key can still log in as ro...

CVE-2025-52983 Junos OS: After removing ssh public key authentication root can still log in

A UI Discrepancy for Security Feature vulnerability in the UI of Juniper Networks Junos OS on VM Host systems allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to access the device. On VM Host Routing Engines RE, even if the configured public key for root has been removed, remote users which are i...

CVE-2024-21653

The vantage6 technology enables to manage and deploy privacy enhancing technologies like Federated Learning FL and Multi-Party Computation MPC. Nodes and servers get a ssh config by default that permits root login with password authentication. In a proper deployment, the SSH service is not expose...

CVE-2024-38902

H3C Magic R230 V100R002 was discovered to contain a hardcoded password vulnerability in /etc/shadow, which allows attackers to log in as root...

CVE-2024-37630

D-Link DIR-605L v2.13B01 was discovered to contain a hardcoded password vulnerability in /etc/passwd, which allows attackers to log in as root...

CVE-2024-42637

H3C R3010 v100R002L02 was discovered to contain a hardcoded password vulnerability in /etc/shadow, which allows attackers to log in as root...

CVE-2024-54747

WAVLINK WN531P3 202383 was discovered to contain a hardcoded password vulnerability in /etc/shadow, which allows attackers to log in as root...

CVE-2024-57811

In Eaton X303 3.5.16 - X303 3.5.17 Build 712, an attacker with network access to a XC-303 PLC can login as root over SSH. The root password is hardcoded in the firmware. NOTE: This vulnerability appears in versions that are no longer supported by Eaton...

CVE-2024-54751

COMFAST CF-WR630AX v2.7.0.2 was discovered to contain a hardcoded password vulnerability in /etc/shadow, which allows attackers to log in as root...

CVE-2024-54749

Ubiquiti U7-Pro 7.0.35 was discovered to contain a hardcoded password vulnerability in /etc/shadow, which allows attackers to log in as root. NOTE: this is disputed by the Supplier because the observation only established that a password is present in a firmware image; however, the device cannot ...

CVE-2024-52789

Tenda W30E v2.0 V16.01.0.8 was discovered to contain a hardcoded password vulnerability in /etcro/shadow, which allows attackers to log in as root...

CVE-2024-52788

Tenda W9 v1.0.0.74456 was discovered to contain a hardcoded password vulnerability in /etcro/shadow, which allows attackers to log in as root...

CVE-2023-43631

On boot, the Pillar eve container checks for the existence and content of “/config/authorizedkeys”. If the file is present, and contains a supported public key, the container will go on to open port 22 and enable sshd with the given keys as the authorized keys for root login. An attacker could...

CVE-2020-8599

Trend Micro Apex One 2019 and OfficeScan XG server contain a vulnerable EXE file that could allow a remote attacker to write arbitrary data to an arbitrary path on affected installations and bypass ROOT login. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability...

CVE-2017-17877

An issue was discovered in Valve Steam Link build 643. When the SSH daemon is enabled for local development, the device is publicly available via IPv6 TCP port 22 over the internet with stateless address autoconfiguration by default, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by...

CVE-1999-0741

QMS CrownNet Unix Utilities for 2060 allows root to log on without a password...

Disable the Root User from Logging in to the System Using SSH

The PermitRootLogin parameter in the SSH configuration file /etc/ssh/sshdconfig specifies whether the root user can log in to the system using SSH. The root user is not allowed to log in to the system using SSH. System administrators must use their own user to log in to the system using SSH and r...

Ensure That Common Users Run Privileged Programs Using the sudo Command

The sudo command enables a specified common user to execute certain programs with the root permission. Most system management commands need to be executed by the root user. For the system administrator, properly authorizing other users can reduce the burden of the system administrator. However,...

Avoid Using the root User to Access the System Locally

Users with the root permission can access all Linux resources. If the root user is used to log in to the Linux OS to perform operations, there are many potential security risks. To avoid the risks, do not use the root user to log in to the Linux OS. If necessary, indirectly use the root user...

Resetting SDX Xenserver password if Xenserver is 7.1 and above with xe-serial option

If we have to reset SDX Xenserver password and if we do not have LOM access. we use the Xe-Serial option as mentioned below...