Known Exploited Vulnerability

CVE-2020-8657

EyesOfNetwork Use of Hard-Coded Credentials Vulnerability

Past federal due date 6 public exploits Added 03 Nov 2021 Due 03 May 2022 · 1557 days ago
VendorEyesOfNetwork
ProductEyesOfNetwork
WeaknessCWE-798
RansomwareNone confirmed

What the flaw is

EyesOfNetwork contains a use of hard-coded credentials vulnerability, as it uses the same API key by default. Exploitation allows an attacker to calculate or guess the admin access token.

Description as published by CISA. We have not independently reproduced it.

What CISA requires

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

This deadline is binding on US federal civilian agencies under BOD 22-01. It is not a legal deadline for anyone else, but it is a useful urgency signal — CISA sets it by how actively the flaw is being used, not by CVSS.

Public exploit code

6 public repositories referencing this CVE have been catalogued on GitHub. Treat this as a strong signal to prioritise patching, not as a verified working exploit — many such repositories are scanners, write-ups or forks rather than functional code.

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Source: CISA KEV catalog · last verified August 6, 2026. Rebuilt automatically twice a day.