ZTE PROCESS Guard service 7.2X privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in ZTE PROCESS Guard service 7.2X. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-40001. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in ZTE PROCESS Guard service 7.2X. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

There is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the ZTE PROCESS Guard service of the cloud computer client, which may allow local arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation and path traversal bypass.

The weakness was disclosed by Runzi Zhao, Feng Ye and Ziwei Wang. It is possible to read the advisory at support.zte.com.cn. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-40001 since 04/08/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/08/2026 CVE reserved
05/06/2026 +28 days Advisory disclosed
05/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: zte.com.cn

Advisory: support.zte.com.cn
Researcher: Runzi Zhao, Feng Ye, Ziwei Wang
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-40001 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-40001
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-361307

Entryinfo

Created: 05/06/2026 11:52
Changes: 05/06/2026 11:52 (62)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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