CVE-2026-5269: Navigator NCS and MCP System Accounts with Default Passwords
CIENA · Navigator NCS
Affected: CIENA Navigator NCS · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 42% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
In Ciena's Navigator Network Control Suite (NCS) and Manage Control Plan (MCP), there are hidden system accounts used for internal software operations. Some of these accounts have default passwords that may be predictable. While these accounts have very limited permissions on their own, an attacker could combine an attack using one of these accounts with other potential weaknesses to launch a more significant attack, possibly leading to escalation of privilege on the system.
Affected products3
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- CIENA · Navigator NCS8.1
- CIENA · MCP<= 8.0
- CIENA · Planner Plus OnPrem<= 4.1
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Published
- July 2026
CoverageNo articles yet
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