CVE-2026-27872: CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management in Johnson Controls Easy IO FG
- Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Johnson Controls Easy IO FG allows (Brute Force). This issue affects Easy IO FG: before 2.0b52.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in Johnson Controls Easy IO FG involves improper privilege management (CWE-269), enabling privilege escalation through brute force attacks. It affects versions prior to 2.0b52. The CVSS 4.0 vector indicates the attack requires local access with high attack complexity and partial privileges, and results in high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with limited privileges and local access could exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges, potentially gaining higher-level access to the system. This could compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or remediation information is provided in the vendor advisory. Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, limit local access to trusted users and monitor for suspicious privilege escalation attempts.
CVE-2026-27872: CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management in Johnson Controls Easy IO FG
Description
- Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Johnson Controls Easy IO FG allows (Brute Force). This issue affects Easy IO FG: before 2.0b52.
CVSS v4.0
Score 5.6medium
Affected software
Johnson Controls
Easy IO FG
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Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Johnson Controls Easy IO FG involves improper privilege management (CWE-269), enabling privilege escalation through brute force attacks. It affects versions prior to 2.0b52. The CVSS 4.0 vector indicates the attack requires local access with high attack complexity and partial privileges, and results in high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with limited privileges and local access could exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges, potentially gaining higher-level access to the system. This could compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or remediation information is provided in the vendor advisory. Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, limit local access to trusted users and monitor for suspicious privilege escalation attempts.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- jci
- Date Reserved
- 2026-02-24T11:29:18.530Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6abeae1ca43b0b3b89e80a26
Added to database: 10/01/2026, 19:01:48 UTC
Last enriched: 10/01/2026, 19:16:18 UTC
Last updated: 10/02/2026, 01:13:15 UTC
Views: 7
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