CVE-2026-8989: 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 acc
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.
Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8989
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-89890.19% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 9% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-8989 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Autel Maxi Charger
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- unknownCVE-2026-8988: Autel Maxi Charger Single firmware through V1.03.51 exposes an accessible UART interface that p…nvd · 2026-07-21
- unknownCVE-2026-8987: Autel Maxi Charger Single firmware through V1.03.51 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in th…nvd · 2026-07-21
- unknownCVE-2026-8986: Autel Maxi Charger Single firmware through V1.03.51 is vulnerable to OS command injection when …nvd · 2026-07-21
- unknownCVE-2026-8985: Autel Maxi Charger Single firmware through V1.03.51 is vulnerable to OS command injection in th…nvd · 2026-07-21
- unknownCVE-2026-8984: Autel Maxi Charger Single firmware through V1.03.51 allows unauthenticated remote code executio…nvd · 2026-07-21
- unknownCVE-2026-8983: Autel Maxi Charger Single firmware through V1.03.51 contains a hard-coded authentication token …nvd · 2026-07-21
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