CVE-2026-75960: CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Rently Smart Home
Description
Rently Smart Home versions 20.1.0 and earlier have an Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability (CWE-522) that allows attackers to retrieve sensitive PINs, including the Master PIN, bypassing normal user permissions. This vulnerability has a high severity score of 8.7. No official patch or remediation guidance is currently available from the vendor.
CVSS v4.0
Score 8.7high
Affected software
Rently
Smart Home
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-75960 affects Rently Smart Home versions 20.1.0 and prior. The vulnerability involves insufficient protection of credentials, specifically allowing an attacker to retrieve PIN codes such as the Master PIN. This bypasses standard user permission controls, potentially granting unauthorized access to the smart home system. The CVSS 4.0 base score is 8.7, indicating a high severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and no user interaction needed. The vulnerability does not have an official remediation or patch available at this time, and there are no known exploits in the wild.
Potential Impact
An attacker can obtain sensitive PINs including the Master PIN, which overrides standard user permissions. This could lead to unauthorized control of the smart home system. The vulnerability is exploitable remotely without user interaction and requires only low privileges, increasing the risk of compromise.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or temporary workaround has been published by Rently. Users should monitor vendor communications for updates and consider restricting network access to the affected devices until a patch is available.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- icscert
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-18T16:32:03.997Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a8eefb7acd9273b49f58b6c
Added to database: 08/26/2026, 13:52:55 UTC
Last enriched: 09/09/2026, 18:37:06 UTC
Last updated: 10/10/2026, 18:48:22 UTC
Views: 76
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