📄 Description (English)
EyesOfNetwork Use of Hard-Coded Credentials Vulnerability — EyesOfNetwork contains a use of hard-coded credentials vulnerability, as it uses the same API key by default. Exploitation allows an attacker to calculate or guess the admin access token.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
CVE-2020-8657 is a critical vulnerability in EyesOfNetwork that exposes hard-coded API credentials, allowing attackers to derive admin access tokens through calculation or guessing. With a CVSS score of 9.0 and publicly available exploits, this poses an immediate threat to organizations using EyesOfNetwork for network monitoring and management. Immediate patching and credential rotation are essential to prevent unauthorized administrative access.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 19, 2026 16:20
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
This vulnerability primarily impacts Saudi government agencies, telecommunications providers (STC, Mobily), and large enterprises using EyesOfNetwork for infrastructure monitoring. Government entities under NCA oversight and SAMA-regulated financial institutions using this platform for network management face critical risk of unauthorized administrative access, potential data exfiltration, and network compromise. Energy sector organizations (ARAMCO subsidiaries) and healthcare providers relying on EyesOfNetwork for monitoring critical infrastructure are at elevated risk of operational disruption.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government
Banking and Financial Services
Telecommunications
Energy and Utilities
Healthcare
Critical Infrastructure
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
9.2
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
1. Identify all EyesOfNetwork instances in your environment and document their deployment locations
2. Restrict network access to EyesOfNetwork administrative interfaces using firewall rules and VPN requirements
3. Implement network segmentation to isolate EyesOfNetwork from critical systems
4. Enable comprehensive logging and monitoring of all API access attempts
PATCHING:
1. Apply the latest security patch from EyesOfNetwork immediately
2. After patching, force password/API key rotation for all administrative accounts
3. Generate new API keys and document the change in your change management system
COMPENSATING CONTROLS (if patching is delayed):
1. Implement IP whitelisting for EyesOfNetwork API access
2. Deploy Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block suspicious API token patterns
3. Require multi-factor authentication for all administrative access
4. Implement rate limiting on API endpoints to prevent token enumeration attacks
DETECTION:
1. Monitor for failed authentication attempts with default credentials
2. Alert on successful API access from unexpected IP addresses
3. Track changes to administrative accounts and API keys
4. Search logs for patterns matching CVE-2020-8657 exploitation (token calculation attempts)
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. حدد جميع مثيلات EyesOfNetwork في بيئتك وقم بتوثيق مواقع نشرها
2. قيد الوصول إلى واجهات إدارة EyesOfNetwork باستخدام قواعد جدار الحماية ومتطلبات VPN
3. طبق تقسيم الشبكة لعزل EyesOfNetwork عن الأنظمة الحرجة
4. فعّل التسجيل الشامل ومراقبة جميع محاولات الوصول إلى API
التصحيح:
1. طبق أحدث تصحيح أمني من EyesOfNetwork فوراً
2. بعد التصحيح، فرض تدوير كلمة المرور/مفتاح API لجميع الحسابات الإدارية
3. أنشئ مفاتيح API جديدة وقم بتوثيق التغيير في نظام إدارة التغييرات
الضوابط البديلة (إذا تأخر التصحيح):
1. طبق قائمة بيضاء للعناوين IP لوصول API في EyesOfNetwork
2. نشر قواعد جدار تطبيقات الويب (WAF) للكشف عن أنماط رموز API المريبة وحجبها
3. اطلب المصادقة متعددة العوامل لجميع الوصول الإداري
4. طبق تحديد معدل على نقاط نهاية API لمنع هجمات تعداد الرموز
الكشف:
1. راقب محاولات المصادقة الفاشلة باستخدام بيانات اعتماد افتراضية
2. أصدر تنبيهات عند الوصول الناجح إلى API من عناوين IP غير متوقعة
3. تتبع التغييرات على الحسابات الإدارية ومفاتيح API
4. ابحث في السجلات عن أنماط تطابق استغلال CVE-2020-8657 (محاولات حساب الرموز)
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
A.5.1.1 - Information security policies and procedures
A.6.1.2 - Access control and authentication mechanisms
A.8.2.1 - User access management
A.8.2.3 - Management of privileged access rights
A.9.2.1 - User identification and authentication
A.9.2.5 - Access control for network services
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.AM-1 - Asset Management
PR.AC-1 - Access Control Policy
PR.AC-2 - Physical and Logical Access Controls
PR.AC-3 - Access Enforcement
DE.CM-1 - Detection and Analysis
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.5.1.1 - Information security policies
A.6.1.2 - Information security roles and responsibilities
A.8.1.1 - User registration and de-registration
A.8.1.4 - Access rights review
A.8.2.1 - User access provisioning
A.8.2.3 - Management of privileged access rights
A.8.3.1 - Password management
A.9.2.1 - User identification and authentication
A.9.4.3 - Segregation of duties
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0
Requirement 2.1 - Change vendor-supplied defaults
Requirement 2.2.4 - Configure system security parameters
Requirement 6.2 - Ensure security patches are installed
Requirement 8.1 - Assign unique ID to each person
Requirement 8.2.3 - Passwords must meet minimum strength
🔗 References & Sources 0
No references.
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
EyesOfNetwork:EyesOfNetwork