sipcapture Homer up to 11.0.282 Bootstrap auth_bootstrap.go EnsureBootstrapAdminUser hard-coded credentials

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in sipcapture Homer up to 11.0.282. The affected element is the function EnsureBootstrapAdminUser of the file coordinator/services/auth_bootstrap.go of the component Bootstrap. This manipulation causes hard-coded credentials. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-62252. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in sipcapture Homer up to 11.0.282. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function EnsureBootstrapAdminUser of the file coordinator/services/auth_bootstrap.go of the component Bootstrap. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Homer is open source telecom observability software. Prior to version 11.0.283, on every fresh Homer deployment using internal authentication, the bootstrap process automatically creates an `admin` account with the password `sipcapture` (stored as a legacy SHA-256 hex hash). There is no first-login forced-change mechanism. Any attacker who reaches the login endpoint immediately gains full administrative access. Version 11.0.283 patches the issue.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-62252 since 07/13/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1110.001 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 11.0.283 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• sipcapture

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• Homer

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• 11.0.282

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• Product: https://github.com/sipcapture/homer/

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