What is CVE-2026-89017?

CVE-2026-89017 is a high-severity vulnerability in Skyline Communications Dataminer, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-11-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-89017?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Skyline Communications Dataminer

CVE-2026-89017

Skyline DataMiner BrokerGateway contains an embedded API key vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the installation-specific BrokerGateway key even while pairing mode is disabled. Attackers can use the retrieved key to obtain the unrestricted DataMinerUser.creds NATS credential and gain trusted message-bus access via TCP port 4222 without any prior DataMiner credentials. Fixed in DataMiner 10.6.9 CU1, 10.6.0 CU7, 10.5.0 CU19, and 10.4.0 CU22.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2026-11-06.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Skyline Communications Dataminer

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Vendor Advisory (vendor-advisory, patch)
VulnCheck Advisory: Skyline DataMiner BrokerGateway Embedded API Key Authentication Bypass (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-89017?: CVE-2026-89017 is a high-severity vulnerability in Skyline Communications Dataminer, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-11-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-89017?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.