{"id":"CVE-2026-40851","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-40851","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T09:27:37.605Z","title":"A local attacker can perform a confusion attack on the cfgparser via a specially crafted file on an USB stick leading to code execution.","description":"A local attacker can perform a confusion attack on the cfgparser via a specially crafted file on an USB stick leading to code execution. This can result in a total loss of confidentiality, integrity and availability.","published":"2026-05-27T09:16:32.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-26T11:10:00.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"info@cert.vde.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-1287"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00133,"percentile":0.02797,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.certvde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2026-054/","source":"info@cert.vde.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40851","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}