Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Init-Script for User-Applications
CVE-2026-44106

8.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor: Phoenix Contact
Status: Charx Sec-3150; Charx Sec-3100; Charx Sec-3050; Charx Sec-3000
Vendor: CVE Published:; 30 July 2026

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What is CVE-2026-44106?

This vulnerability enables a low-privileged local user to exploit the init-script of user-applications, allowing them to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. This could potentially lead to a complete system compromise, posing significant security risks.

Affected Version(s)

CHARX SEC-3000 1.0.0 < 1.9.1

CHARX SEC-3050 1.0.0 < 1.9.1

CHARX SEC-3100 1.0.0 < 1.9.1

References

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

CVSS V4

Score:

8.5

Severity:

HIGH

Confidentiality:

High

Integrity:

High

Availability:

High

Attack Vector:

Local

Attack Complexity:

Low

Attack Required:

None

Privileges Required:

Undefined

User Interaction:

None

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Timeline

Vulnerability published
Jul 30, 2026
Vulnerability Reserved
May 5, 2026

Credit

ZDI

CVE-2026-44106 Data

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