CVE-2026-2491 — Socomec DIRIS A-40 HTTP API Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Socomec DIRIS A-40 HTTP API Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Socomec DIRIS A-40 power monitoring devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the web API implementation, which listens on TCP port 80 by default. The issue results from the lack of authentication prior to allowing access to functionality. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-23993.

Published Mar 13, 2026Updated Mar 16, 2026Sources: cvelistV5, zdi

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.

Exploitation

Unreported

no source claims exploitation

EPSS

chance of exploitation in 30 days

Affects

socomec

diris_a_40

CVSS base

6.3

MEDIUM

CISA SSVC assessment

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

CISA

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Partial

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Affected scope

The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.

Vendors (1)

socomec

Products (1)

diris a 40

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Source
6.3	CVSS 3.0	MEDIUM	—	—	cvelistV5

Weakness & attack patterns

CWE-306

References

2 on the record

www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-129/
x_research-advisory
emea.socomec.com/en/resource-center/resource-type/cyber-vulnerabilities-601
vendor-advisory

Elsewhere on this site

socomecevery CVE for this vendor
CWE-306other pages naming this weakness

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.