Severity: CriticalAction: Review
Vulnerability record
CVE-2026-79959
Severity: HighExploitation: No known exploitation
Patch status
No official fix confirmed yet
Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.
Description
The Botslab G980H dash camera firmware contains a hard-coded root account password that cannot be changed by the user. An attacker who obtains the firmware or has physical access to the device could recover the credential and use it to obtain root access through the UART interface.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.
Intelligence timeline
Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.
- CVSS scoredUpdate
CVE-2026-79959 scored CVSS 7.0
Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database
