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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2019-7589 json

Kantech EntraPass Improper Input Validation

published 2020-03-10 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-17127

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability with the SmartService API Service option exists whereby an unauthorized user could potentially exploit this to upload malicious code to the server that could be executed at system level privileges. This affects Johnson Controls' Kantech EntraPass Corporate Edition versions 8.0 and prior; Kantech EntraPass Global Edition versions 8.0 and prior.

Patch / fix

  • johnsoncontrols entrapass 8.10

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-20-070-04 updated cvss 9.8

ICSA-20-070-04_Johnson Controls Kantech EntraPass

  • Kantech, Johnson Controls Inc. EntraPass Corporate Edition < 8.10 Kantech, Johnson Controls Inc. EntraPass Global Edition < 8.10
    affected: mitigation “Upgrade to EntraPass Version 8.10” johnsoncontrols.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

1.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Johnson Controls Kantech EntraPass Corporate Edition
  • Johnson Controls Kantech EntraPass Global Edition

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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