Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3000 up to 1.9.0 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3150, CHARX SEC-3100, CHARX SEC-3050 and CHARX SEC-3000 up to 1.9.0. It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-44099. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3150, CHARX SEC-3100, CHARX SEC-3050 and CHARX SEC-3000 up to 1.9.0. This issue affects an unknown function. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A privilege escalation vulnerability in the system configuration allows a low-privileged local user to execute arbitrary commands as root, resulting in full system compromise.

It is possible to read the advisory at certvde.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-44099 since 05/05/2026. 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/30/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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-2026-44099 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-44099
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-384671

Entryinfo

Created: 07/30/2026 09:49
Changes: 07/30/2026 09:49 (53)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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