# CVE-2023-24501: Electra Central AC unit – Hardcoded Credentials

> Attackers can use hardcoded credentials to gain unauthorized access to Electra Central AC units, potentially compromising device control.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 6 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7xr3-6fgq-rv6h

## What is CVE-2023-24501?

CVE-2023-24501 is a critical vulnerability in Electra Central AC unit, published on 17 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Electra Central AC unit – Hardcoded Credentials in unspecified code used by the unit.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-24501?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Electra-Air Central Ac Unit Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-24501?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-24501 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-24501 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-24501 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Electra Central AC unit

- [CVE-2023-24500](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24500/): Electra Central AC unit – Adjacent attacker may cause the unit to load unauthorized FW (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-24502](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24502/): Electra Central AC unit – Easily calculated password (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-24504](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24504/): Electra Central AC unit – Adjacent attacker may cause the unit to connect to unauthorized update server (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-24501 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-24501 is a critical vulnerability in Electra Central AC unit, published on 17 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-24501 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Electra Central AC unit. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24501/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24501/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-24501
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24501
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-24501

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24501/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.