Canon EOS Network Setting Tool up to 1.5.0 on Windows/macOS hard-coded key

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A vulnerability has been found in Canon EOS Network Setting Tool up to 1.5.0 on Windows/macOS and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes hard-coded key. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-9260. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Canon EOS Network Setting Tool up to 1.5.0 on Windows/macOS. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded key vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-321. The use of a hard-coded cryptographic key significantly increases the possibility that encrypted data may be recovered. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Use of hard-coded cryptographic keys in Canon EOS Network Setting Tool Version 1.5.0 or earlier

The weakness was disclosed by Ryan Hausknecht. The advisory is shared at psirt.canon. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-9260 since 05/22/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600.001 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Canon

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• EOS Network Setting Tool

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• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5.0

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