CVE-2020-9306
Published: 18 February 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-9306 is a high-severity Insufficiently Protected Credentials (CWE-522) vulnerability in Tesla Solarcity Solar Monitoring Gateway. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 45.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-30130
Vulnerability details
Tesla SolarCity Solar Monitoring Gateway through 5.46.43 has a "Use of Hard-coded Credentials" issue because Digi ConnectPort X2e uses a .pyc file to store the cleartext password for the python user account.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Protecting authenticator content from unauthorized disclosure and modification while requiring protective controls addresses insufficiently protected credentials.
Enables users to notice when hard-coded credentials have been exploited for unauthorized access.
Training instructs users on protecting credentials from disclosure or unauthorized access.
Security training explicitly warns against hard-coded credentials, lowering their use in systems.
Training records for security awareness and role-based training verify education on credential protection practices, tangibly reducing risks from mishandling or exposing credentials.
Policy and procedures prohibit hard-coded credentials in favor of managed authentication.
External identity providers eliminate the need for hard-coded credentials in applications.
Rules of behavior include credential protection and non-sharing requirements, reducing exposure of insufficiently protected credentials.