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CVE-2026-44468

7.8 HIGH

The affected product creates a directory with insecure default permissions during administrative installation

Published: 2026-05-26 · Last updated: 2026-05-28

Severity and scoring

CVSS
7.8 HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
CWE-276

Affected products

VendorProduct
codesysdevelopment_system

Description

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.

Source: NVD

References

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