Medium Authentication

CVE-2026-13306 — Autel MaxiCharger AC Elite Home USB Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Autel MaxiCharger AC Elite Home USB Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Autel MaxiCharger AC Elite Home EV chargers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the exposed USB interface. The issue results from the lack of authentication prior to allowing access to functionality. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-29046.

Published Jul 29, 2026 · Updated Oct 15, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: zdi

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

Technical severity (medium)+3

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

—

No EPSS score.

Affects

Autel

MaxiCharger AC Elite Home

CVSS base

4.3

Medium · 2 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Partial

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Autel MaxiCharger AC Elite Home).
No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (authentication), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
Autel	MaxiCharger AC Elite Home	version 1.39.51	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Physical

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
4.3	CVSS 3.0	Medium	0.9	3.4	zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
4.3	CVSS 3.0	Medium	—	—	zdi via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L (score shown at the top: zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-306 · Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Other CVEs with this weakness →

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Local/physical vector: focus on endpoint telemetry (EDR) from affected hosts.
Review authentication logs: logins without MFA, anomalous sessions and recently created accounts.

endpoint telemetry (EDR)authentication logs

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · autel/maxicharger ac elite home
Oct 15, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 15, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 15, 2026
CVSS changed · 4.3
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Awaiting Analysis
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVE published
Jul 29, 2026 · zdi

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 15, 2026 – Oct 15, 2026

References

1 on the record

www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-434/
x_research-advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Autel
every CVE for this vendor

Authentication
same class

CWE-306
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

Medium CVE-2026-13305 Autel MaxiCharger AC Elite Home Software Update Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability Jul 29, 2026
Medium CVE-2026-13307 Autel MaxiCharger AC Elite Home USB Heap-based Buffer Overflow Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability Jul 29, 2026
High CVE-2026-13308 Autel MaxiCharger AC Elite Home WebSockets Integer Underflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Jul 29, 2026
Medium CVE-2026-13309 Autel MaxiCharger AC Elite Home NFC Stack-based Buffer Overflow Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability Jul 29, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No FIRST EPSS score.
No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-13306 is "Autel MaxiCharger AC Elite Home USB Authentication Bypass Vulnerability", rated Medium. It affects MaxiCharger AC Elite Home (Autel); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 4.3 describes technical severity. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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