# CVE-2026-38058: ST Engineering iDirect iQ-Series Terminals Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

> Authenticated users can extract root password hashes from the device configuration, enabling offline cracking and potential privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 11 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q5c6-wf9x-9mqx

## What is CVE-2026-38058?

CVE-2026-38058 is a high-severity vulnerability in ST Engineering iDirect 3315-Series terminals, published on 11 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The endpoint on the iDirect iQ200 VSAT terminal returns the complete device configuration as JSON, including the SECURITY section which contains MD5-crypt password hashes for the root SSH and web administration accounts. Any user with valid web credentials can extract these hashes and crack them offline using commodity hardware.

Weakness: CWE-497 (Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-38058?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-38058?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-38058 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-38058 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-38058 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-38058 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-38058 is a high-severity vulnerability in ST Engineering iDirect 3315-Series terminals, published on 11 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-38058 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ST Engineering iDirect 3315-Series terminals. 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-2026-38058/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-38058/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-38058
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-38058
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-38058

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-38058/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.