Lightstar SmartIT Desktop Manager up to 10 SFTP Service hard-coded credentials
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability has been found in Lightstar SmartIT Desktop Manager up to 10 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component SFTP Service. Performing a manipulation results in hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-85149. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Lightstar SmartIT Desktop Manager up to 10. This affects an unknown part of the component SFTP Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
SmartIT Desktop Manager developed by Lightstar has a Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability. Unauthenticated remote attackers can obtain the SFTP service credentials of the SmartIT Agent application from the source code, thereby browsing the file system of the user's host.
It is possible to read the advisory at twcert.org.tw. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-85149 since 09/03/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/04/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1110.001 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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Product
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Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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CNA Base Score: 5.3
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Exploiting
Class: Hard-coded credentialsCWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
09/03/2026 CVE reserved09/04/2026 Advisory disclosed
09/04/2026 VulDB entry created
09/04/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Advisory: twcert.org.twStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2026-85149 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-85149
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-398667
Entry
Created: 09/04/2026 05:01Changes: 09/04/2026 05:01 (73)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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