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title: "CVE-2026-62252: Homer: Hardcoded Default Admin Password 'sipcapture' With No Forced Change on First Login"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2026-62252/
description: "CVE-2026-62252 (github.com/sipcapture/homer-app (Go)): Homer is open source telecom observability software. Prior to version 11.0.283, on every fresh Homer…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2026-10-07
date_modified: 2026-10-07
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2026-62252"
kev: false
cvss: 9.8
epss: 0.00653
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2026-62252: Homer: Hardcoded Default Admin Password 'sipcapture' With No Forced Change on First Login

**Signal:** Critical and remotely reachable. No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- Not in CISA KEV , but CISA’s SSVC assessment records a public proof-of-concept, so attack code exists.
- EPSS 0.7% , percentile 51: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (moderate). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes github.com/sipcapture/homer-app (Go) < 0.0.0-20260625091610-b2e942031ff8, fixed in 0.0.0-20260625091610-b2e942031ff8 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

Homer is open source telecom observability software. Prior to version 11.0.283, on every fresh Homer deployment using internal authentication, the bootstrap process automatically creates an admin account with the password sipcapture (stored as a legacy SHA-256 hex hash). There is no first-login forced-change mechanism. Any attacker who reaches the login endpoint immediately gains full administrative access. Version 11.0.283 patches the issue.

## Affected packages

- Go `github.com/sipcapture/homer-app` < 0.0.0-20260625091610-b2e942031ff8 → fixed: 0.0.0-20260625091610-b2e942031ff8

## Affected products (CVE record)

- sipcapture homer: < 11.0.283

## Severity

- GitHub_M CVSS 3.1: 9.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation poc , automatable yes , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 51.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-6xp5-7rcx-xfgx](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6xp5-7rcx-xfgx)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2026-62252](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-62252)
- [NVD entry CVE-2026-62252](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-62252)
- [github.com](https://github.com/sipcapture/homer/security/advisories/GHSA-6xp5-7rcx-xfgx)
- [github.com](https://github.com/sipcapture/homer/pull/838)
- [github.com](https://github.com/sipcapture/homer/commit/b2e942031ff8cd7435a244ebef306ee97d16b809)
- [github.com](https://github.com/sipcapture/homer/releases/tag/11.0.283)

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Source page: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2026-62252/ · Security Digest: https://erroneo.us/security/ · More: https://erroneo.us/llms.txt