Loytec LIP-ME20xC L-INX L-GATE L-ROC L-IOB L-DALI L-VIS L-PAD /usr/bin/ltsudo set-passwd privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Loytec LIP-ME20xC L-INX L-GATE L-ROC L-IOB L-DALI L-VIS L-PAD up to 8.4.16. It has been classified as very critical. This impacts the function set-passwd of the file /usr/bin/ltsudo. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-12502. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Loytec LIP-ME20xC L-INX L-GATE L-ROC L-IOB L-DALI L-VIS L-PAD up to 8.4.16 and classified as very critical. This issue affects the function set-passwd of the file /usr/bin/ltsudo. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269) in `/usr/bin/ltsudo` in Loytec LIP-ME201C, L-INX, L-GATE, L-ROC, L-IOB, L-DALI, L-VIS and L-PAD through 8.4.16 on LINX-A64 allows a `superadmin`-group attacker to reset the password of any LARM user (including the `larmapp` service account) via the `set-passwd` subcommand.

It is possible to read the advisory at loytec.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-12502 since 06/17/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/24/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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• Loytec

Name

• LIP-ME20xC L-INX L-GATE L-ROC L-IOB L-DALI L-VIS L-PAD

Version

• 8.4.0
• 8.4.1
• 8.4.2
• 8.4.3
• 8.4.4
• 8.4.5
• 8.4.6
• 8.4.7
• 8.4.8
• 8.4.9
• 8.4.10
• 8.4.11
• 8.4.12
• 8.4.13
• 8.4.14
• 8.4.15
• 8.4.16

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