What is CVE-2019-7271?

CVE-2019-7271 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nortekcontrol Linear Emerge 5000p, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-07-01.

How severe is CVE-2019-7271?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-7271 known to be exploited?

11 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Nortekcontrol Linear Emerge 5000p

CVE-2019-7271

Nortek Linear eMerge 50P/5000P devices have Default Credentials.

Published 2019-07-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.036 (88.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.036 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

applied-risk.com/labs/advisories (Third Party Advisory)
www.applied-risk.com/resources/ar-2019-006 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-7271?: CVE-2019-7271 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nortekcontrol Linear Emerge 5000p, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-07-01.
How severe is CVE-2019-7271?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-7271 known to be exploited?: 11 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.