Is CVE-2026-36538 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-36538 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-36538?

CVE-2026-36538 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-36538?

CVE-2026-36538 has an EPSS score of 0.31% (23th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-36538

HIGH

7.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Netis AC1200 Router NC21 V4.0.1.4296 contains a hard-coded root credential stored in /etc/shadow.sample. The password for the root account is set to the trivially weak value root, allowing an attacker with access to the device to authenticate as root and gain full control of the underlying operating system.

CWE-798Hard-coded Credentials

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.31%probability of exploitation in 30 days

23rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 23% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-28.