CVE-2026-27546 is a critical authentication-bypass vulnerability in the _account_log function of affected IO-Link industrial master devices from Pepperl+Fuchs, Phoenix Contact, and Carlo Gavazzi running firmware versions earlier than 1.7.4. The flaw permits a remote unauthenticated attacker to establish an administrator session despite properly configured accounts. It is classified as CWE-288 and has a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
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A critical, remotely exploitable authentication-bypass vulnerability (CWE-288) in the _account_log function that enables an unauthenticated network attacker to obtain an administrator session.
A critical unauthenticated remote authentication-bypass vulnerability in the _account_log function that enables an attacker to log in with administrator privileges despite properly configured accounts. The listed CVSS v3.1 vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
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