CVE-2026-8989 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Autel Maxi Charger Single firmware through V1.03.51 permits unrestricted access to the NXP i.MX6 recovery mode through exposed hardware recovery pins. An attacker with physical access can boot attacker-controlled code in memory and modify or extract firmware and other sensitive data.

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact High

Subsequent System Availability Impact High

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Autel	Maxicharger Single Charger

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References

Link	Providers
https://cyberdanube.com/security-research/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-autel-maxi-charger/

History

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Autel Autel maxicharger Single Charger
Vendors & Products		Autel Autel maxicharger Single Charger

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Autel Maxi Charger Single firmware through V1.03.51 permits unrestricted access to the NXP i.MX6 recovery mode through exposed hardware recovery pins. An attacker with physical access can boot attacker-controlled code in memory and modify or extract firmware and other sensitive data.
Title		Open Recovery Mode
Weaknesses		CWE-1191 CWE-1244
References		https://cyberdanube.com/security-research/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-autel-maxi-charger/
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CyberDanube

Published: 2026-07-21T21:24:28.841Z

Updated: 2026-07-22T19:37:14.371Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T13:13:01.023Z

Link: CVE-2026-8989

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-22T19:18:11.721Z

NVD

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Redhat

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