# CVE-2026-14167: ads-tec Industrial IT: Privilege escalation during configuration import

> A low-privileged remote attacker can escalate privileges to modify administrator-level configurations and permissions due to incorrect authorization checks.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 28 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mm84-mw5g-8qmh

## What is CVE-2026-14167?

CVE-2026-14167 is a high-severity vulnerability in ads-tec Industrial IT DVG-IRF1401, published on 28 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A low privileged remote attacker can perform privileged configuration changes reserved for the administrator level including permission management due to incorrect authorization.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14167?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-14167?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14167 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-14167 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14167 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-14167 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-14167 is a high-severity vulnerability in ads-tec Industrial IT DVG-IRF1401, published on 28 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14167 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ads-tec Industrial IT DVG-IRF1401. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14167/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14167/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14167
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14167
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-14167

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14167/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.