CVE-2026-79959

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.86.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-24. A secondary CVSS source baseline 6.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 6.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

The Botslab G980H dash camera firmware contains a hard-coded root account password that cannot be changed by the user. An attacker who obtains the firmware or has physical access to the device could recover the credential and use it to obtain root access through the UART interface.

CVSS v3
6.8
EG Score
6.8MEDIUMhigh confidence
EG Risk
31
EG Risk 31/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity68% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
6th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 24, 2026

Last Modified

September 25, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Sep 24, 2026
Patch available. Sources: cisa.
cisa Patch Available

Botslab G980H Dashcams | CISA

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-267-01
generic

About Botslab

https://www.botslab.com/pages/about-botslab

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-79959(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 20× in last 7d / 33× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 03:16 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-04 03:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-03 02:26 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-03 02:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-02 17:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-10-02 01:35 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-02 01:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-10-01 00:44 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-01 00:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-29 23:53 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-29 23:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-29 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-28 20:19 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-28 20:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-27 19:28 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-27 19:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-26 18:37 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-26 18:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-26 00:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-25 17:44 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-25 17:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-25 16:25 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-25 16:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-24 21:36 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-24 21:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-24 21:22 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-24 20:37 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-24 20:37 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79959?
CVE-2026-79959 is a medium vulnerability published on September 24, 2026. The Botslab G980H dash camera firmware contains a hard-coded root account password that cannot be changed by the user. An attacker who obtains the firmware or has physical access to the device could recover the credential and use it to obtain root access through the UART interface.
When was CVE-2026-79959 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79959 was first published on September 24, 2026, with the most recent update on September 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-79959 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79959 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (6th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79959?
CVE-2026-79959 has a CVSS base score of 6.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79959?
A fix for CVE-2026-79959 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-79959 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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