Port 4889XCAP Code Analysis Portal Cluster Control and Administration

TCP 4889 is assigned to 88solutions' XCAP code analysis portal cluster control and administration service.

transport: tcp
in transit: cleartext
assignment: official
risk: 1/10
lookups: 0

also known as xcap-control

Technical Details

what runs on :4889

XCAP Code Analysis Portal Cluster Control and Administration is registered on port :4889 over tcp to 88solutions Corporation, assigned June 2018. We don't have a technical write-up for it beyond the IANA registry entry.

In nmap's internet-wide scan data this port is never observed open, so if it's open on your network it's more likely a custom or misconfigured service than the registered one.

find what's listening on :4889

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :4889'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :4889

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :4889

another host

nmap -sV -p T:4889 <host>

run it? the handshake, the implementations you meet in the wild and the flags that matter come from the engineers who do.

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Security Information

exposure of :4889

risk score

1/ 10safe

routine exposure. this port is rarely the way in on its own — keep it patched and logged and move on.

in transit

cleartext

credentials and payloads are readable by anyone on path

assignment

official

registered with iana for this service — scanners fingerprint it by number

reachable over

tcp

every listening transport is another surface to filter at the edge

security overview

no security notes recorded for :4889 yet

known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.

Record

iana registry entry

port: :4889
service: XCAP Code Analysis Portal Cluster Control and Administration
transport: TCP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: IANA assigns this port to the XCAP code analysis portal cluster control and administration service, registered to 88solutions Corporation. There is no evidence here that it is commonly deployed or observed listening on the public internet.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-06
updated: 2026-10-06
references: IANA service name registry — port 4889

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 4889. Every field on it is editable — change what's wrong, say how you know, and a reviewer publishes it, usually within a minute. Last touched 2026-10-06.

01edit any field on a page of its own
02a model checks it for accuracy and spam
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ports registered around :4889, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:4899	Radmin Remote Administration	TCPUDP	Security	safe	28.3k
:4840	OPC UA TCP	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	26.6k
:4843	OPC UA over TLS/SSL	TCPUDPtls	Security	caution	24.6k
:4949	Munin	TCP	Network Services	caution	8.9k
:4847	Quadrion WebFresh	TCPUDP	Web Services	caution	7.2k
:4950	Cylon UC32 Control	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	5.8k
:4894	LysKOM	TCPUDP	Voice and Chat	caution	4.1k
:4838	Varadero-1	TCPUDP	—	safe	0

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe25%
caution75%

1 of 8 encrypted

Port :4889XCAP Code Analysis Portal Cluster Control and Administration

Technical Details

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Port 4889XCAP Code Analysis Portal Cluster Control and Administration