🛡️ CVE-2026-49198 — predator-connect-w6x-firmware

🟡 CVSS 4.9 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-284 NVD
4.9
CVSS Score
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Description

Improper access control in the MQTT broker allows wildcard topic subscriptions, exposing all MQTT traffic to unauthorized actors.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-49198 is classified as CWE-284: Improper Access Control. The software does not restrict an action to the actors that should be allowed to perform it.

Affected software

CVE-2026-49198 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • predator-connect-w6x-firmware (fixed in w6x_gbl_2.00.000005)
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 29 May 2026 and last revised on 21 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

community.acer.com

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 4.9
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-284
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-05-29
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-07-21
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
predator-connect-w6x-firmware — w6x_gbl_2.00.000005
unknown — —

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