Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-85149 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-85149 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-85149?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.3, published 4 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Lightstar SmartIT Desktop Manager 10 and earlier.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-85149?
- 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-2026-85149 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-85149?
- Check whether you run Lightstar SmartIT Desktop Manager 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
This vulnerability is a Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) in SmartIT Desktop Manager version 10 and earlier. The SFTP service account credentials for the SmartIT Agent application are embedded directly in the application source code in plaintext. An unauthenticated remote attacker can extract these credentials and use them to establish SFTP connections to user systems, bypassing authentication requirements and gaining unauthorized access to the file system. No authentication is required; the attacker simply needs access to the application source code. A patch is available in version 11 and later.
Affected products
- Lightstar SmartIT Desktop Manager 10 and earlier
Timeline
- 2026-09-04: disclosed