CVE-2026-40852highCWE-78

CVE-2026-40852: high-severity vulnerability in Helmholz REX100

Command injection via malicious configuration

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21Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 7.2epss 0.4%
A highly authenticated attacker can alter the config generator injecting a payload into future created configurations. The device is not correctly checking this configuration value before passing it to an system execute leading to code execution. This can result in a total loss of confidentiality, integrity and availability.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Helmholz · REX100Helmholz · REX200/250MB connect line · mbNET/mbNET.rokeyMB connect line · mbNET.mini
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