How to fix or mitigate CVE-2026-14448?

Within 24 hours: restrict all administrative access to the system_certificates management interface through network segmentation, firewall rules, or IP whitelisting for known admin workstations; inventory all installed instances and firmware versions. Within 7 days: audit authentication logs for all high-privilege administrative sessions over the past 90 days to detect unauthorized access; implement multi-factor authentication for administrative accounts if available; disable remote web access to the management interface if operationally feasible. Within 30 days: establish direct communication with the device vendor regarding patch availability and expected release timeline; if no patch is committed within 90 days, begin procurement for replacement hardware; deploy command execution auditing and alerting if the device supports logging.

CVE-2026-14448

Q: What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-14448?

CVE-2026-14448 has a CVSS 4.0 base score of 8.6 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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:X. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.8%.

EUVD-2026-45901 HIGH

OS Command Injection (CWE-78)

2026-07-20 info@cert.vde.com

GHSA-7h4g-422f-w4c5

Command Injection

8.6

CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: cert

Severity by source

Vendor (cert) PRIMARY

8.6 HIGH

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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:X

Primary rating from Vendor (cert) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: cert

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Jul 20, 2026 - 12:31 vuln.today

CVE Published

Jul 20, 2026 - 12:17 cve.org

HIGH 8.6

DescriptionCVE.org

An high privileged remote attacker can exploit an authenticated OS command injection vulnerability in the system_certificates view due to improper neutralization of special elements in an OS command. This can result in a total loss of confidentiality, availability and integrity.

AnalysisAI

Authenticated OS command injection in the system_certificates view lets a high-privileged remote attacker inject arbitrary operating-system commands, yielding total loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the affected device. The flaw was coordinated through CERT@VDE (advisories VDE-2026-044 and VDE-2026-058), indicating an operational-technology / industrial device with a web-based management interface. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV; the CVSS 4.0 base score is 8.6.