Duty Analyst: Joseph McCarthy

CVE-2026-23550

Published: 2026-01-14 09:16:03 | Last modified: 2026-04-23 15:36:39

CRITICAL CVSS 9.8
No EPSS data

Description

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Modular DS Modular DS modular-connector allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Modular DS: from n/a through <= 2.5.1.

CVSS details

Severity
critical
Score
9.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

This CVE is not currently listed in the EPSS dataset.

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