CVE-2026-44468

8.5 highEPSS 0.1%

High (8.5) in codesys development system. EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The affected product creates a directory with insecure default permissions during administrative installation. This allows a low-privileged local attacker to modify a temporary file defining the components to be installed, enabling local privilege escalation by forcing the deployment of arbitrary components.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

8.5 high

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 2% of CVEs (scores of 2026-11-01)
CWE: CWE-276
Published: 2026-05-26
Modified: 2026-07-24
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

codesys:development_system

References

https://www.certvde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2026-055/

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