Incorrect pviilege assignment in the 3rd party pairing mechanism of the Bosch Smart Home Controller (SHC)

published 2019-05-29 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-3554

cvss: 5.5; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits: 0; none known

A potential incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability exists in the 3rd party pairing mechanism of the Bosch Smart Home Controller (SHC) before 9.8.907 that may result in a restricted app obtaining default app permissions. In order to exploit the vulnerability, the adversary needs to have successfully paired an app, which requires user interaction.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Bosch Smart Home Controller 9.8.907

Exploit prediction

0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD	3.1	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/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

Bosch Smart Home Controller

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

psirt.bosch.com /Advisory/BOSCH-SA-662084.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-11896
NVD CVE-2019-11896

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Summary