CVE-2026-14168 (GCVE-0-2026-14168)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-28 09:07 – Updated: 2026-07-28 12:46
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
ads-tec Industrial IT: Vertical privilege escalation via configuration table write
Summary
A low privileged remote attacker can gain administrator privileges due to missing authorization at the insert path of the configuration table resulting in gaining full system access.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-28 12:45 UTC
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
6 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ads-tec Industrial IT | DVG-IRF1401 |
Affected:
1.0.0 , < 2.3.0
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| ads-tec Industrial IT | DVG-IRF1421 |
Affected:
1.0.0 , < 2.3.0
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| ads-tec Industrial IT | DVG-IRF3401 |
Affected:
1.0.0 , < 2.3.0
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| ads-tec Industrial IT | DVG-IRF3421 |
Affected:
1.0.0 , < 2.3.0
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| ads-tec Industrial IT | DVG-IRF3801 |
Affected:
1.0.0 , < 2.3.0
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| ads-tec Industrial IT | DVG-IRF3821 |
Affected:
1.0.0 , < 2.3.0
(semver)
|
guessed |
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