Critical (9.8) in auerswald compact 5500r firmware. EPSS 72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Backdoors were discovered in Auerswald COMpact 5500R 7.8A and 8.0B devices, that allow attackers with access to the web based management application full administrative access to the device.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
9.8 critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)