# CVE-2026-29122: `/bin/date` Binary given SETUID Permissions on IDC SFX2100 Leading to Potential LPE

> Local attackers can escalate privileges to root via the setuid date binary to read sensitive files like /etc/shadow on IDC SFX2100 devices.

- **Severity:** High 8.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 5 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m5w7-xjg9-fvcr

## What is CVE-2026-29122?

CVE-2026-29122 is a high-severity vulnerability in International Datacasting Corporation SFX2100 Satellite Receiver, published on 5 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

International Data Casting (IDC) SFX2100 satellite receiver comes with the `/bin/date` utility installed with the setuid bit set. This configuration grants elevated privileges to any local user who can execute the binary. A local actor is able to use the GTFObins resource to preform privileged file reads as the root user on the local file system. This allows an actor to be able to read any root read-only files, such as the /etc/shadow file or other configuration/secrets carrier files.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-29122?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Datacast Sfx2100 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-29122?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-29122 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-29122 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-29122 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in International Datacasting Corporation SFX2100 Satellite Receiver

- [CVE-2026-28775](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-28775/): Unauthenticated RCE via SNMP Default Writable Community String (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-28773](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-28773/): Authenticated OS Command Injection via Ping Utility Leading to RCE as Root (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-28774](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-28774/): Authenticated OS Command Injection via Traceroute Utility leads to Root RCE (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-29127](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-29127/): Incorrect Permission Assignment(777) on `monitor` Users Home Directory Containing SUID Root Binaries in IDC SFX2100 (critical 9.2)
- [CVE-2026-28777](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-28777/): Hardcoded and Insecure Credentials for "User" Local Account with SSH Access On IDC SFX2100 Satellite Receiver (critical 9.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-29122 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-29122 is a high-severity vulnerability in International Datacasting Corporation SFX2100 Satellite Receiver, published on 5 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-29122 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: International Datacasting Corporation SFX2100 Satellite Receiver. 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-2026-29122/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-29122/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-29122
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29122
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-29122

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.