Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-40004 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-40004 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-40004?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.5, published 7 May 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Zte uSmartview (ZXCloud iRAI) 7.23.20 to 7.25.43.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-40004?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-40004 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-40004?
- Check whether you run Zte uSmartview (ZXCloud iRAI) or Zte Zxcloud Irai at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The ZTE uSmartview Cloud PC client (ZXCloud iRAI) is vulnerable to an uncontrolled search path (CWE-427) involving the openssl.cnf configuration file. Because the application does not properly validate or secure the path from which it loads this configuration, a local attacker can place a malicious configuration file in a directory searched by the application. When the application loads the malicious file, it can be forced to execute arbitrary code or load malicious libraries. This allows a low-privileged local user to escalate their privileges to those of the application, typically administrative or system-level. The vulnerability affects versions from 7.23.20 up to (but excluding) 7.25.43.
Affected products
- ZTE uSmartview (ZXCloud iRAI) 7.23.20 to 7.25.43
Timeline
- 2026-05-07: disclosed
- 2026-05-07: advisory