CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-4272

HighCVSS 8.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.45%

37th percentile - higher than 37% of all known CVEs

Summary

Honeywell Handheld Scanners have a missing authentication vulnerability for critical functions. A remote attacker within Bluetooth range of the base station can remotely execute system commands on the host connected to the base station without authentication. Affected models include C1, D1, A1/B1 before specific firmware versions.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can take control of the host connected to the scanner, leading to data theft, malware installation, or further network attacks.

Recommendation

Update the scanner firmware to the latest version specified by the manufacturer.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in Honeywell Handheld Scanners allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects Handheld Scanners: from C1 Base(Ingenic x1000) before GK000432BAA, from D1 Base(Ingenic x1600) before HE000085BAA, from A1/B1 Base(IMX25) before BK000763BAA_BK000765BAA_CU000101BAA. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker within Bluetooth range of the scanner's base station has the capability to remotely execute system commands on the host connected to the base station without authentication. This issue has been assigned  CVE-2026-4272 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4272 and rated with a severity of High. Honeywell strongly recommends that users upgrade to the latest version identified to resolve the vulnerability.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS