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CVE-2026-40002: CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management in ZTE Red Magic 11 Pro (NX809J)

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Medium
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-40002cvecve-2026-40002cwe-269
Published: 04/17/2026 (04/17/2026, 07:40:58 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: ZTE
Product: Red Magic 11 Pro (NX809J)

Description

CVE-2026-40002 is a medium severity vulnerability in the ZTE Red Magic 11 Pro (NX809J) device caused by improper privilege management. It allows non-privileged applications to perform sensitive operations by exploiting insufficient validation on a service interface. This can lead to unauthorized file writes on certain partitions and modification of writable system properties. The issue affects version GEN_NEEA_NX809J V1.0.0B14MR1. No official patch or remediation guidance is currently available, and no exploits are known in the wild.

CVSS v3.1

Score 5.0medium

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

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AILast updated: 07/08/2026, 13:35:38 UTC

Technical Analysis

The ZTE Red Magic 11 Pro (NX809J) suffers from improper privilege management (CWE-269) due to a lack of validation on a service interface. This flaw enables non-privileged applications to invoke sensitive operations, including writing files to specific partitions and modifying writable system properties. The vulnerability affects the device version GEN_NEEA_NX809J V1.0.0B14MR1 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.0 (medium severity). No official remediation or patch has been provided by the vendor as of the publication date, and there are no known exploits in the wild.

Potential Impact

An attacker with local access and limited privileges could exploit this vulnerability to write files to certain partitions and alter writable system properties, potentially impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability to a limited extent. The CVSS vector indicates a local attack vector with high attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in low confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts.

Mitigation Recommendations

No official patch or remediation guidance is currently available from the vendor. Users and administrators should monitor vendor advisories for updates. Until a fix is released, limiting installation of untrusted applications and restricting local access may reduce risk.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
zte
Date Reserved
2026-04-08T07:51:26.675Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 69e1ec7982d89c981fa85cbe

Added to database: 04/17/2026, 08:16:57 UTC

Last enriched: 07/08/2026, 13:35:38 UTC

Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:58 UTC

Views: 142

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