8.6

CVE-2026-44094: phoenix contact charx sec-3000 Failing Open

CVSS: 8.6v3.1HighDeferred
Published 30-07-2026Last modified 30-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-44094 is a high (CVSS 8.6) Failing Open vulnerability in phoenix contact charx sec-3000. EPSS estimates a 0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.6/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.45%
0%100%
Low · +0.20 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

An unauthenticated remote attacker can enforce the system to fall back to a firmware partition with an insecure configuration including default credentials. This could allow the attacker to gain SSH access to the system as an unprivileged user "user-app". Charging could be interrupted.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

38%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.20 pp

From 0.26% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.45%

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