CVE-2026-40631
HighCVSS 8.7Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk16th percentile - higher than 16% of all known CVEs
Summary
An authenticated attacker with the Resource Administrator or Administrator role can modify configuration objects through iControl SOAP, leading to privilege escalation.
Risk Assessment
The organization is at risk of unauthorized privilege escalation by users who already have administrative access, potentially leading to full system compromise.
Recommendation
Immediately update the software to a version not affected by this vulnerability and restrict access to iControl SOAP to trusted users only.
Other vulnerabilities in iControl SOAP
See all- CVE-2026-42924High
A vulnerability has been identified that allows an authenticated attacker with the Resource Administrator or Administrator role to create SNMP configuration objects through iControl SOAP, resulting in privilege escalation.
- CVE-2026-42063Medium
A vulnerability exists in iControl SOAP that allows an authenticated attacker with the Resource Administrator or Administrator role to download sensitive files.
- CVE-2023-38419Medium
An authenticated attacker with guest privileges or higher can cause the iControl SOAP process to terminate by sending undisclosed requests.
Original NVD description (English source)
An authenticated attacker with the Resource Administrator or Administrator role can modify configuration objects through iControl SOAP resulting in privilege escalation. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.