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CVE-2026-31928 — Daktronics DMP-5000 Default Administrative Account Vulnerability

The DMP-5000 devices are shipped with a default administrative web account with weak authentication controls, which are not required to be changed during initial configuration or operation. Using these accounts provides full system access.

Published Jun 26, 2026 · Updated Oct 13, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: icscert

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
  • EPSS 0.6% (30-day exploitation probability)+7
  • Technical severity (critical)+10

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
0.57%
ahead of 46% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026
Affects
Daktronics
DMP-5000 and 5 more
CVSS base
9.8
Critical · 3 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
No
can an attacker script the kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Total
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.

  1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Daktronics DMP-5000, Daktronics Dmp-5000 Firmware, Daktronics DMP-8000…).
  2. The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
  3. No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
  4. 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.

VendorProductVersionsStatusSource
Daktronics DMP-5000 < v9.43.x.x< v8.117.x.x< v10.34.x.x Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Daktronics Dmp-5000 Firmware ≥ 9.0.0.0 and < 9.43.0.0≥ 10.0.0.0 and < 10.34.0.0< 8.117.0.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Daktronics DMP-8000 < v9.43.x.x< v8.117.x.x< v10.34.x.x Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Daktronics Dmp-8000 Firmware ≥ 10.0.0.0 and < 10.34.0.0≥ 9.0.0.0 and < 9.43.0.0< 8.117.0.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Daktronics VFC-DMP-5000 < v8.117.x.x< v9.43.x.x< v10.34.x.x Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Daktronics Vfc-dmp-5000 Firmware ≥ 10.0.0.0 and < 10.34.0.0≥ 9.0.0.0 and < 9.43.0.0< 8.117.0.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database

Attack characteristics

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

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Every base score collected

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

ScoreVersionSeverityExpl.ImpactScored by
9.3 CVSS 4.0 Critical — — ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
9.3 CVSS 4.0 Critical — — icscert via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical 3.9 5.9 nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
8.1 CVSS 3.1 High 2.8 5.2 ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
8.1 CVSS 3.1 High — — icscert via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: nvd@nist.gov)
Scoring entities (NIST, CNA, ADP) score independently; each score is shown with its origin. For prioritization we use 9.8 (NVD (NIST)) as a conservative provisional reference — not a definitive official score.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-798 · Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 0.57%

Detection

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

  • Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
  • Review authentication logs: logins without MFA, anomalous sessions and recently created accounts.
web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPSauthentication logs

Analysis and videos

CVE-2026-31928: Daktronics DMP-5000 Default Administrative Account Vulnerability
Daktronics DMP-5000, DMP-8000 and VFC-DMP-5000 firmware ship with a default administrative web account that has weak authentication controls and is not required to be changed during setup or operation. According to the record, use of these accounts provides full system access. NVD rates the issue 9.8 (critical) under CVSS 3.1, and no confirmed exploitation appears in the sources consulted.

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

  • 2026
  • Affected products added · daktronics/vfc-dmp-5000, daktronics/dmp-5000, daktronics/dmp-8000
    Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • SSVC assessment updated
    Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • Record published
    Oct 13, 2026
  • CVSS changed · 9.8
    Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Source status changed · → Analyzed
    Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Record created in this database
    Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • CVE published
    Jun 26, 2026 · icscert

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

  • 1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

2 on the record

Elsewhere on this site

Daktronics
every CVE for this vendor
Authentication
same class
CWE-798
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

  • CVE-2026-28701 Daktronics Controller Firmware Path Traversal Jun 26, 2026
  • CVE-2026-33560 Daktronics Controller Firmware Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Jun 26, 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 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-2026-31928 is "Daktronics DMP-5000 Default Administrative Account Vulnerability", rated Critical. It affects DMP-5000 (Daktronics); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 9.8 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.57% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. 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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