CVE-2026-40624
Files Accessible to External Parties: is CVE-2026-40624real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community verdict.
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High CVSS base score, but low real-world exploitation probability (EPSS). Likely less urgent than the score implies.
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Real, but low real-world risk
A genuine vulnerability on paper, but EPSS shows little real-world exploitation — the base score may overstate urgency. This is not the same as a false positive.
Based on CVSS · FIRST EPSS
Confirm or dispute →CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Improper input validation in AVer PTC500S, PTC115, PTC500+, and PTC115+ cameras may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution via a specially crafted web request.
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