CVE-2026-9142 PUBLISHED

Insecure Default Credentials vulnerability in NI grpc-device when TLS configuration is not present

Assigner: NI
Reserved: 20.05.2026 Published: 19.06.2026 Updated: 19.06.2026

There is an insecure default credentials vulnerability in NI grpc-device when TLS configuration is not present and the server is bound beyond loopback. This may allow an unauthenticated user access to the server on the local network. This affects NI grpc-device 2.17.0 and prior versions.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 9.1

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 9.3

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	NI
Product	grpc-device
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 2.17.0 (incl.)

Vendor	NI
Product	InstrumentStudio
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 26.3.0 (incl.)

Credits

Sebastián Alba Vives (@Sebasteuo / 0xS4bb1) finder

References

Problem Types

CWE-306 Missing authentication for critical function CWE

Impacts

CAPEC-115 Authentication Bypass