Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-79959 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-79959 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-79959?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.8, published 24 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Botslab G980H <UNKNOWN>.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-79959?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-79959 attacked?
- It is attacked with physical access or with local access, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-79959?
- Check whether you run Botslab G980H at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is a hard-coded credential embedded in the dash camera firmware with no user override mechanism. An attacker with physical access to the UART debug interface or possession of the firmware image can extract and use the root password to obtain root-level command execution. The attack requires either local physical access or prior firmware acquisition, but no authentication or user interaction is needed once access is obtained.
Affected products
- Botslab G980H <UNKNOWN>
Timeline
- 2026-09-24: disclosed
- 2026-09-24: advisory: CISA ICSA-26-267-01