Use of Hard-Coded Cryptographic Key for Password Storage

published 2026-02-06 9 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-5665

cvss: 7.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
public exploits: 0; none known

Infor SyteLine ERP uses hard-coded static cryptographic keys to encrypt stored credentials, including user passwords, database connection strings, and API keys. The encryption keys are identical across all installations. An attacker with access to the application binary and database can decrypt all stored credentials.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 9 mo ago (2026-02-06)

Exploit prediction

0.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

blog.blacklanternsecurity.com https://blog.blacklanternsecurity.com/p/cve-2026-2103-infor-syteline-erp referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Infor SyteLine ERP

Classification

Weakness

CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

blog.blacklanternsecurity.com /p/cve-2026-2103-infor-syteline-erp
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-2103
NVD CVE-2026-2103

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Summary