# CVE-2026-40550: Privilege Escalation in multiple BinSoft products

> Attackers can extract excessive database credentials from memory to gain unauthorized administrative access to the backend database.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-97j3-fvqp-6gpf

## What is CVE-2026-40550?

CVE-2026-40550 is a medium-severity vulnerability in BinSoft mpCRM, published on 28 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Multiple BinSoft products are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to excessive database privileges assigned to the user used by the application. An attacker with access to any running application instance connected to the backend server can extract database credentials from the application’s memory by inspecting the running process. While ability to retrieve credentials from memory is the expected behavior, the exposed credentials grant administrative access to the database, exceeding the privileges required for normal application functionality. This allows an attacker to perform actions beyond those permitted through the application interface.

The described issue affects all published versions. The vendor stated that this issue is a direct result of the architecture model in which the software is distributed, and that it will be mitigated with a corrected installation manual.

Weakness: CWE-250 (Execution with Unnecessary Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-40550?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-40550?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-40550 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-40550 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-40550 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-40550 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-40550 is a medium-severity vulnerability in BinSoft mpCRM, published on 28 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-40550 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: BinSoft mpCRM. 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-2026-40550/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40550/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40550
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40550
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-40550

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40550/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.