CVE-2026-29123: International Datacasting SFX2100 Satellite Receiver · Improper Privilege Management
Affects International Datacasting SFX2100 Satellite ReceiverSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.6 High.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 2% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 Mar 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| International Datacasting CorporationSFX2100 Satellite Receiver | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
To mitigate CVE-2026-29123, organizations should first check for and apply any vendor-provided patches or updates from International Datacasting Corporation as they become available. In the absence of patches, immediate mitigation steps include: 1) Restrict local access to the SFX2100 device to trusted personnel only, minimizing the risk of local exploitation. 2) Audit and harden the environment where the SUID binary resides by removing or restricting write permissions on directories and files in the execution path to prevent PATH hijacking and symlink abuse. 3) Use filesystem integrity monitoring to detect unauthorized changes to the /home/xd/terminal/ directory and the XDTerminal binary. 4) Employ mandatory access controls (e.g., SELinux or AppArmor) to confine the execution of the SUID binary and limit its ability to load untrusted shared objects. 5) Monitor system logs for suspicious activity related to the execution of the XDTerminal binary or attempts to manipulate environment variables. 6) Consider isolating or segmenting the device network to reduce the impact of a compromised device. 7) Educate administrators and users about the risks of local privilege escalation and enforce strong authentication and access policies.
Description
A SUID root-owned binary in /home/xd/terminal/XDTerminal in International Data Casting (IDC) SFX2100 on Linux allows a local actor to potentially preform local privilege escalation depending on conditions of the system via execution of the affected SUID binary. This can be via PATH hijacking, symlink abuse or shared object hijacking.