Description
Eaton easyE4 uses an insufficiently strong password policy. An attacker who obtains a password hash, including through CVE-2026-41020, could perform an offline password-guessing attack and potentially recover user credentials.
Published: 2026-10-27
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: Potential credential compromise through offline password guessing
Action: Update Passwords
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability is an insufficiently strong password policy in Eaton easyE4. An attacker who obtains a password hash—such as via the related CVE-2026-41020—can perform an offline password‑guessing attack, potentially revealing user credentials. The weakness corresponds to CWE‑521 and allows an adversary to compromise authentication confidentiality.

Affected Systems

Eaton easyE4. No specific affected versions are listed in the data.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 7.5 indicates high severity. The EPSS score is not available, and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, so publicly available exploits are unknown. Exploitation requires that an attacker first obtain a password hash, which may be possible via CVE-2026-41020 or other means. Once a hash is in hand, the offline guessing attack has a low effort barrier and can lead directly to credential compromise.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 27, 2026 at 12:22 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Enforce stricter password complexity requirements and increase minimum length in Eaton easyE4 settings.
  • Enable account lockout or rate‑limiting to thwart brute‑force attempts.
  • Apply any vendor‑released updates that address this password‑policy weakness.
  • Force an immediate password reset for all users and consider implementing multi‑factor authentication.
  • Monitor authentication logs for anomalous or repeated failed login attempts.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 27, 2026 at 12:22 UTC.

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History

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Eaton easyE4 uses an insufficiently strong password policy. An attacker who obtains a password hash, including through CVE-2026-41020, could perform an offline password-guessing attack and potentially recover user credentials.
Weaknesses CWE-521
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Subscriptions

No data.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Eaton

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-27T11:23:34.366Z

Reserved: 2026-04-16T05:27:09.485Z

Link: CVE-2026-41021

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-27T12:17:07.813

Modified: 2026-10-27T12:17:07.813

Link: CVE-2026-41021

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-27T12:30:02Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-521

    Weak Password Requirements