Skyline Communications DataMiner BrokerGateway DataMinerUser.creds hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Skyline Communications DataMiner up to 10.4.0 CU21/10.5.0 CU18/10.6.0 CU6/10.6.9 CU0. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file DataMinerUser.creds of the component BrokerGateway. The manipulation results in hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-89017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Skyline Communications DataMiner up to 10.4.0 CU21/10.5.0 CU18/10.6.0 CU6/10.6.9 CU0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the file DataMinerUser.creds of the component BrokerGateway. 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Skyline DataMiner BrokerGateway contains an embedded API key vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the installation-specific BrokerGateway key even while pairing mode is disabled. Attackers can use the retrieved key to obtain the unrestricted DataMinerUser.creds NATS credential and gain trusted message-bus access via TCP port 4222 without any prior DataMiner credentials. Fixed in DataMiner 10.6.9 CU1, 10.6.0 CU7, 10.5.0 CU19, and 10.4.0 CU22.

The advisory is shared for download at community.dataminer.services. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-89017 since 09/10/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1110.001.

Upgrading to version 10.4.0 CU22, 10.5.0 CU19, 10.6.0 CU7 or 10.6.9 CU1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: DataMiner 10.4.0 CU22/10.5.0 CU19/10.6.0 CU7/10.6.9 CU1

Timelineinfo

09/10/2026 CVE reserved
11/06/2026 +57 days Advisory disclosed
11/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: community.dataminer.services
Status: Confirmed

CNA: VulnCheck
CVE: CVE-2026-89017 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-89017
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-432060

Entryinfo

Created: 11/06/2026 19:12
Changes: 11/06/2026 19:12 (76)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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