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CVE-2024-26002: PHOENIX CONTACT: File ownership manipulation in CHARX Series

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

An improper input validation in the Qualcom plctool allows a local attacker with low privileges to gain root access by changing the ownership of specific files.

Affected products

• Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3000 Firmware: before 1.5.1 — fixed in 1.5.1
• Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3050 Firmware: before 1.5.1 — fixed in 1.5.1
• Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3100 Firmware: before 1.5.1 — fixed in 1.5.1
• Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3150 Firmware: before 1.5.1 — fixed in 1.5.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3000 Firmware 1.5.1; Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3050 Firmware 1.5.1; Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3100 Firmware 1.5.1; Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3150 Firmware 1.5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2024-011
• https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2024-011

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