CVE-2019-12776: Enttec Datagate MK2 Firmware

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered on the ENTTEC Datagate MK2, Storm 24, Pixelator, and E-Streamer MK2 with firmware 70044_update_05032019-482. They include a hard-coded SSH backdoor for remote SSH and SCP access as the root user. A command in the relocate and relocate_revB scripts copies the hardcoded key to the root user's authorized_keys file, enabling anyone with the associated private key to gain remote root access to all affected products.

Affected products

• Enttec Datagate MK2 Firmware: version 70044 only
• Enttec E-Streamer MK2 Firmware: version 70044 only
• Enttec Pixelator Firmware: version 70044 only
• Enttec Storm 24 Firmware: version 70044 only

Published 2019-06-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.