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Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-5269

CVE-2026-5269

CIENA Navigator NCS — Navigator NCS and MCP System Accounts with Default Passwords

EPSS 0.5%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
38
CVSS 9.8 (ADP)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 41.6.416 × 208.3No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

In Ciena's Navigator Network Control Suite (NCS) and Manage Control Plan (MCP), there are hidden system accounts used for internal software operations. Some of these accounts have default passwords that may be predictable. While these accounts have very limited permissions on their own, an attacker could combine an attack using one of these accounts with other potential weaknesses to launch a more significant attack, possibly leading to escalation of privilege on the system.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Navigator NCS8.1–CNA
MCP<= 8.0–CNA
Planner Plus OnPrem<= 4.1–CNA

Scores by source

CISA ADP9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refciena.com/product-security