GE Communicator, all versions prior to 4.0.517, contains two backdoor accounts with hardcoded credentials, which may allow control over the…

published 2019-05-09 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-16107

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.3%; EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits: 0; none known

GE Communicator, all versions prior to 4.0.517, contains two backdoor accounts with hardcoded credentials, which may allow control over the database. This service is inaccessible to attackers if Windows default firewall settings are used by the end user.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

ge ge_communicator 4.0.517

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-19-122-02 updated 2019-05-02 cvss 8.1

GE Communicator

General Electric (GE) Communicator Application < 4.0.517 General Electric (GE) Communicator Installer < 4.0.517 General Electric (GE) Communicator MeterManager < 4.0.517 General Electric (GE) Communicator PostGreSQL < 4.0.517 General Electric (GE) Communicator WISE Uninstaller < 4.0.517
affected: mitigation “GE recommends users upgrade to GE Communicator version 4.0.517 or newer, which can be downloaded from the following link:” gegridsolutions.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

n/a GE Communicator

Classification

Weakness

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov /advisories/ICSA-19-122-02
mitigation, third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-6548
NVD CVE-2019-6548

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Summary