CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2017-2236 — Toshiba Hem-Gw16A Firmware security vulnerability
Critical
CVSS 9.8
Toshiba Home gateway HEM-GW16A firmware HEM-GW16A-FW-V1.2.0 and earlier, Toshiba Home gateway HEM-GW26A firmware HEM-GW26A-FW-V1.2.0 and earlier uses hard-coded credentials, which may allow attackers to perform operations on device with administrative privileges.
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.8 (3.0)
- Published
- 2017-07-07
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- operating-system
- Weaknesses
- CWE-798
Affected products
- toshiba / hem-gw16a_firmware
- toshiba / hem-gw26a_firmware
Matched remediation archetype
Authentication bypass and missing authentication
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Check exposure
- Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
- Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
- Review session, token, credential, and proxy trust configuration without attempting account takeover.
Remediate safely
- Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
- Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.
- Add negative tests for alternate routes, malformed or absent credentials, recovery flows, and proxy-derived identity.
Authoritative sources
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