CVE-2026-44099

HIGH

Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3150 - Local Privilege Escalation via Pppd Password Injection

Title source: rule

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

https://www.certvde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2026-008/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0023

EPSS Percentile 14.2%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-78

Status published

Products (4)

Phoenix Contact/CHARX SEC-3000 1.0.0 - 1.9.1

Phoenix Contact/CHARX SEC-3050 1.0.0 - 1.9.1

Phoenix Contact/CHARX SEC-3100 1.0.0 - 1.9.1

Phoenix Contact/CHARX SEC-3150 1.0.0 - 1.9.1

Published Jul 30, 2026

Tracked Since Jul 30, 2026