A low privileged remote attacker can gain administrator privileges due to missing authorization at the insert path of the configuration table resulting in gaining full system access.
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-862
ads-tec Industrial IT: Vertical privilege escalation via configuration table write
Problem type
Affected products
ads-tec Industrial IT
DVG-IRF1401
< 2.3.0 - AFFECTED
DVG-IRF1421
< 2.3.0 - AFFECTED
DVG-IRF3401
< 2.3.0 - AFFECTED
DVG-IRF3421
< 2.3.0 - AFFECTED
DVG-IRF3801
< 2.3.0 - AFFECTED
DVG-IRF3821
< 2.3.0 - AFFECTED
References
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-h5wj-mjq4-7p64
A low privileged remote attacker can gain administrator privileges due to missing authorization...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h5wj-mjq4-7p64A low privileged remote attacker can gain administrator privileges due to missing authorization at the insert path of the configuration table resulting in gaining full system access.
JSON source
https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-14168Click to expand
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