CVE-2026-44468

Published May 26, 2026

Last updated 2 months ago

Overview

Description
The affected product creates a directory with insecure default permissions during administrative installation. This allows a low-privileged local attacker to modify a temporary file defining the components to be installed, enabling local privilege escalation by forcing the deployment of arbitrary components.
Source
info@cert.vde.com
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
development_system

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

Type
Secondary
Base score
8.5
Impact score
-
Exploitability score
-
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
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
7.8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

info@cert.vde.com
CWE-276
nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.