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Calero VeraSMART < 2026 R1 Hardcoded Static AES Keys Allow Decryption of Service Credentials

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severity
high
date
Affecting

  • VeraSMART <= 2026 R1

CWE
  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials
CVSS
8.5
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Victor A. Morales, Senior Pentester Team Leader, GM Sectec, Corp., Jan A. Rodriguez, Pentester Jr., GM Sectec, Corp.
Description
Calero VeraSMART versions prior to 2026 R1 contain hardcoded static AES encryption keys within Veramark.Framework.dll (Veramark.Core.Config class). These keys are used to encrypt the password of the service account stored in C:\\\\VeraSMART Data\\\\app.settings. An attacker with local access to the system can extract the hardcoded keys from the Veramark.Framework.dll module and decrypt the stored credentials. The recovered credentials can then be used to authenticate to the Windows host, potentially resulting in local privilege escalation depending on the privileges of the configured service account.

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