8.5

CVE-2026-44093: phoenix contact charx sec-3000 OS Command Injection

CVSS: 8.5v4.0HighDeferred
Published 30-07-2026Last modified 30-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-44093 is a high (CVSS 8.5) OS Command Injection vulnerability in phoenix contact charx sec-3000. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.5/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.19%
0%100%
Low · -0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 30-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the init-script for user-applications allows a low-privileged local user to execute arbitrary commands as root, resulting in full system compromise.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

8%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.04 pp

From 0.23% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.19%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Phoenix contact4 products

1 vendor · 4 products

References

1 links