CVE-2026-44469

HIGH EPSS 1.3%
Published May 26, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
8.5 CVSS 4.0
High
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Published May 26, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

The affected product extracts installation files to a temporary directory with incorrect default permissions during administrative installation. A low-privileged local attacker can exploit a TOCTOU race condition with a practical time window to replace verified files with malicious ones before installation, resulting in local privilege escalation.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.5
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
1.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-276

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
codesysdevelopment_system* <3.5.22.20

References 1

  • certvde.com https://www.certvde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2026-055/
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.