Description

Improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges vulnerability in Secomea GateManager allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects GateManager: 11.5;0, 11.4.625515072:0. Fixed in Version 11.6 or 11.4.626194074 and above

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{
  "score": "6.5",
  "pubDate": "2026-09-15T11:17:08.660Z",
  "pubdate": "2026-09-15T11:17:08.660Z",
  "executiveSummary": "A vulnerability involving improper handling of insufficient permissions exists within the Secomea GateManager platform, facilitating a Privilege Escalation vector.\nThis security flaw enables authenticated users with restricted access to bypass authorization controls, potentially elevating their privileges to those of a higher-level user or administrator.\nThe vulnerability affects Secomea GateManager versions 11.5;0 and 11.4.625515072:0.\nThe primary risk is the total compromise of the management interface, allowing an attacker to manipulate industrial remote access configurations, intercept communications, or modify security settings within the infrastructure.\nSuccessful exploitation requires the attacker to possess an existing, lower-privileged account on the target system. The vulnerability stems from flaws in the logic governing permission validation, allowing unauthorized operations that should typically be restricted.\nImmediate mitigation requires upgrading to version 11.6 or 11.4.626194074 to remediate the underlying authorization logic errors.",
  "technicalDetails": "The vulnerability is characterized by a failure in the Secomea GateManager access control framework, specifically related to the enforcement of restrictive permissions for authenticated sessions.\nAt the architectural level, the GateManager likely processes client-side requests using a permission-checking module that fails to validate the user's privilege level against the requested action's required capability set.\nThe root cause involves improper handling of insufficient permissions, wherein the backend application does not properly reject or sanitize requests from users who attempt to perform operations outside of their assigned security scope.\nAn attacker exploiting this vulnerability would initiate an HTTP request or perform an action through the GateManager interface that is traditionally restricted to administrators. By submitting a manipulated request, the attacker triggers an execution flow where the server-side logic processes the command without verifying that the requester possesses the mandatory 'Write' or 'Administrative' privileges.\nBecause the system incorrectly evaluates the security context of the user, it grants authorization to perform actions such as modifying user accounts, changing gateway settings, or altering remote access policies. This essentially allows for vertical privilege escalation.\nThe attack flow follows a structured process: 1) The attacker authenticates as a standard or limited-privilege user; 2) The attacker identifies a target function or API endpoint typically reserved for higher-level users; 3) The attacker crafts a request to interact with this function; 4) The GateManager's internal verification logic fails to confirm the user's role authorization; 5) The command is executed by the system with elevated privileges.\nThis vulnerability is particularly critical because it bypasses the foundational security principle of least privilege. In an industrial or remote access environment, the GateManager controls critical paths to remote assets. A user who elevates their privileges can potentially gain full administrative control over the entire GateManager instance, facilitating the redirection of traffic, the addition of unauthorized administrative accounts, or the systematic subversion of security logs to hide malicious activity.\nThe vulnerability is confirmed to be present in version 11.5;0 and the 11.4 branch specifically identified as 11.4.625515072:0. It is mitigated by updating the firmware/software to version 11.6 or the corrected 11.4 branch release 11.4.626194074, which presumably introduces robust access control checks to correctly validate permissions at the point of action execution."
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