CVE-2018-16546 — Amcrest networked devices use the same hardcoded SSL private key across different customers' installations, which allows remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation, as demonstrated by Amcrest_IPC-HX1X3X-LEXUS_Eng_N_AMCREST_V2.420.AC01.3.R.20180206

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Amcrest networked devices use the same hardcoded SSL private key across different customers' installations, which allows remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation, as demonstrated by Amcrest_IPC-HX1X3X-LEXUS_Eng_N_AMCREST_V2.420.AC01.3.R.20180206

Published Sep 5, 2018

5.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.00%

Description

Amcrest networked devices use the same hardcoded SSL private key across different customers' installations, which allows remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation, as demonstrated by Amcrest_IPC-HX1X3X-LEXUS_Eng_N_AMCREST_V2.420.AC01.3.R.20180206.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.00% 0.01001

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01001

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	1.00% (0.01001)	61.56th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	1.00% (0.01001)	61.35th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.19% (0.00188)	56.64th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.19% (0.00188)	55.61th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.17% (0.00173)	53.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.16% (0.00159)	51.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.23% (0.00234)	59.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.52% (0.00523)	12.55th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.52% (0.00523)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-798

Hard-coded Credentials

References (1)

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/6
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/6		x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 5, 2018

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Sep 5, 2018

Link CVE-2018-16546

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2018-16546

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2018-16546