CVE-2026-40552
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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:XCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2026-40552 is a medium-severity Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres (CWE-669) vulnerability in Cert (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 4.7 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Escape to Host (T1611); ranked at the 21th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-4 (Information Flow Enforcement) and SC-4 (Information in Shared System Resources) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-26046
- 🇵🇱 CERT-PL: cert.pl
Vulnerability Data
mpGabinet is vulnerable to Remote Command Execution. An authorized user with access to the application and direct access to the backend database can achieve system command execution by uploading an attachment and modifying its storage path in the database to…
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reference an attacker-controlled remote network resource. Alternatively, it is possible to use a previously uploaded file and change its reference. When the application processes the attachment, and a user tries to open it, the referenced resource is executed by the system. Critically, this vulnerability can be exploited by any unauthenticated attacker by chaining it with CVE-2026-40550 and CVE-2026-40551, which allows obtaining database access, and logging onto any account. This issue affects mpGabinet version 23.12.19 and below.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Enforces approved information flow authorizations between system components and connected systems, directly stopping improper resource transfers across spheres.
Prevents unintended information leakage through shared system resources when crossing sphere boundaries.
Monitors and controls communications at external and key internal boundaries to block unauthorized transfers between trust domains.
Enforces logical access authorizations that limit resource transfers to only approved sphere crossings.
Separates user functionality from system management functions to avoid improper resource or behavior transfer between privilege spheres.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Least-privilege authorization policies directly constrain resource transfers across security domains.
Protecting data-in-transit can limit exposure during inter-sphere transfers but does not address control-flow or authorization errors.
Logical segmentation and access controls reduce unintended cross-sphere resource movement.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Environment separation limits unintended resource leakage between spheres.
Information-transfer rules can prevent improper resource hand-off between spheres.
Access-control policies limit unintended control over transferred resources.
Managing access rights reduces risk of unauthorized resource transfer.
Network-security controls can block improper cross-sphere transfers.
Network segregation directly limits unintended resource movement between spheres.