Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

Yes, if the application's administrative login page is accessible over the network and the default admin credentials remain unchanged, an attacker can attempt login from any reachable location.

What level of access does an attacker need to exploit this issue?

The attacker only needs network access to the admin login endpoint. No prior account or special privileges are required if default credentials are still valid.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

Remove or disable hard-coded admin accounts in initialization scripts and require the secure creation of administrative users during installation. Additionally, enforce a mandatory password change on first use for any seeded account and ensure strong password policies are in place.

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.8)

Use of Hard-Coded Default Admin Credentials (CWE-798) in newbee-mall Initialization Script

CVE-2026-26218

Published:

Feb 12, 2026

Status:

Awaiting Analysis

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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HIGH RISK

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Remote Code Execution on the Server Host

February 17, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Use of Hard-Coded Credentials

CWE:

CWE-798

Impact:

Full Administrative Compromise

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Use of Hard-Coded Credentials

CWE:

CWE-798

Impact:

Full Administrative Compromise

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Use of Hard-Coded Default Admin Credentials (CWE-798) in newbee-mall Initialization Script

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

Missing Authentication for Forgot-Password Email Change API (CWE-306)

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in node-sonos-http-api TTS Provider for macOS

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

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