Medium severity · published Mar 12, 2024
CVE-2024-26005
PHOENIX CONTACT: Privilege gain through incomplete cleanup in CHARX Series
4.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An unauthenticated remote attacker can gain service level privileges through an incomplete cleanup during service restart after a DoS. 
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CS
CHARX SEC-3000 · PHOENIX CONTACT
through 1.5.0 · source: vendor
CS
CHARX SEC-3050 · PHOENIX CONTACT
through 1.5.0 · source: vendor
CS
CHARX SEC-3100 · PHOENIX CONTACT
through 1.5.0 · source: vendor
CS
CHARX SEC-3150 · PHOENIX CONTACT
through 1.5.0 · source: vendor
CS
CS
CS
CS
Affected product
CS
CHARX SEC-3000
PHOENIX CONTACT
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