CVE-2022-30271

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Published Jul 26, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Motorola ACE1000 RTU through 2022-05-02 ships with a hardcoded SSH private key and initialization scripts (such as /etc/init.d/sshd_service) only generate a new key if no private-key file exists. Thus, this hardcoded key is likely to be used by default.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:motorola:ace1000_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:motorola:ace1000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.1% (1.057% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-179-06
https://www.forescout.com/blog/

History

Feb 25, 2026 4:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Motorola Ace1000 Ace1000 Firmware

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 6:48 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 26, 2022, 10:11 PM
Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 6:48 AM
Reserved: May 4, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 6:48 AM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 6:48 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:43 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 26, 2022, 11:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:43 AM

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