Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3000 up to 1.9.0 udhcpc privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as very critical has been reported in Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3150, CHARX SEC-3100, CHARX SEC-3050 and CHARX SEC-3000 up to 1.9.0. This affects an unknown part of the component udhcpc. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-44096. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3150, CHARX SEC-3100, CHARX SEC-3050 and CHARX SEC-3000 up to 1.9.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component udhcpc. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A privilege escalation vulnerability in udhcpc allows a local user "charx-web" to execute arbitrary commands as root, resulting in full system compromise.

The advisory is shared at certvde.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-44096 since 05/05/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/30/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.9.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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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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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CHARX SEC-3150/CHARX SEC-3100/CHARX SEC-3050/CHARX SEC-3000 1.9.1

Timelineinfo

05/05/2026 CVE reserved
07/30/2026 +86 days Advisory disclosed
07/30/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/30/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: certvde.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-44096 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-44096
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-384661

Entryinfo

Created: 07/30/2026 09:44
Changes: 07/30/2026 09:44 (54)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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