LenelS2 NetBox Hardcoded Credentials

published 2024-05-30 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-27371

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits: 0; none known

LenelS2 NetBox access control and event monitoring system was discovered to contain Hardcoded Credentials in versions prior to and including 5.6.1 which allows an attacker to bypass authentication requirements.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

honeywell lenels2_netbox 5.6.2

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-24-151-01 updated 2024-05-30 cvss 9.8

LenelS2 NetBox

LenelS2 NetBox <5.6.2
affected: vendor fix, mitigation “For more information, see Carrier's security bulletin for LenelS2.” corporate.carrier.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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-05-30)

Exploit prediction

0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	8.8	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	4.0	8.8	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

LenelS2 NetBox
carrier lenels2_netbox

Classification

Weakness

CWE-259 Use of Hard-coded Password

References

cisa.gov /news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-151-01
us-government-resource, vendor-advisory
corporate.carrier.com /Images/CARR-PSA-2024-01-NetBox_tcm558-227956.pdf
broken-link

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-2420
NVD CVE-2024-2420

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Summary