CVE-2026-50601 PUBLISHED

Planet9 Hardcoded Credentials Vulnerability Information

Assigner: Acer
Reserved: 05.06.2026 Published: 17.08.2026 Updated: 17.08.2026

A security vulnerability has been identified in the Planet9 desktop application where a hardcoded read-only API key permitted unauthorized access to internal repositories. An attacker could exploit this access to extract embedded administrative keys and secrets, potentially allowing them to gain administrative access to repository infrastructure and modify software source code. To mitigate this security risk, Acer has released an update to resolve the issue.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
CVSS Score: 6.6

Product Status

Vendor Acer
Product Planet9 desktop application
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 2.6.131 to 2.8.124 (incl.)

Solutions

Planet9 Version v2.8.128 contains a resolution to this vulnerability. The application will automatically update to the patched version (v2.8.128) in the background.

Credits

  • Ayush Choudhary reporter

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-37: Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data