What is CVE-2024-39278?

CVE-2024-39278 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Echostar Fusion, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2024-09-05.

How severe is CVE-2024-39278?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Echostar Fusion

CVE-2024-39278

Credentials to access device configuration information stored unencrypted in flash memory. These credentials would allow read-only access to network configuration information and terminal configuration data.

Published 2024-09-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 8.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Echostar Fusion
Echostar Hughes Wl3000
Hughes Network Systems Wl3000 Fusion Software — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-249-01 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-39278?: CVE-2024-39278 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Echostar Fusion, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2024-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2024-39278?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.