Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-2404

Schneider-Electric Powerchute Serial Shutdown ≤ 1.5

Published
14 April 2026
Modified
22 April 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v4 6.9
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0019 8th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-2404 is a medium-severity Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output (CWE-116) vulnerability in Schneider-Electric Powerchute Serial Shutdown. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and AU-3 (Content of Audit Records) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability exists that could cause log injection and forged log when an attacker alters the POST /j_security check request payload.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

Insufficient information to map techniques.
Confidence: LOW · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2026-2399Same product: Schneider-Electric Powerchute Serial Shutdown
CVE-2026-2403Same product: Schneider-Electric Powerchute Serial Shutdown
CVE-2026-2402Same product: Schneider-Electric Powerchute Serial Shutdown
CVE-2026-2405Same product: Schneider-Electric Powerchute Serial Shutdown
CVE-2026-2400Same product: Schneider-Electric Powerchute Serial Shutdown
CVE-2026-2401Same product: Schneider-Electric Powerchute Serial Shutdown
CVE-2023-0595Same vendor: Schneider-Electric
CVE-2023-27980Same vendor: Schneider-Electric
CVE-2021-22707Same vendor: Schneider-Electric
CVE-2026-9716Same vendor: Schneider-Electric

Affected Assets

schneider-electric
powerchute serial shutdown
≤ 1.5

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • SI-10 Information Input Validation
  • AU-3 Content of Audit Records
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)
  • SI-7 Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity
Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.1.2
  • V1.2.1
  • V1.2.3

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly requires validation and sanitization of untrusted input (the altered POST payload) before it is used in any output such as logs, preventing injection.

prevent

Mandates well-defined, structured audit-record content that precludes raw insertion of attacker-controlled strings, mitigating log forgery.

detect

Requires integrity verification of information (including log data) that can detect unauthorized modifications introduced by forged log entries.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require proper output encoding to prevent injection and message malformation.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly require correct output encoding and escaping to preserve message structure.

detects

Security testing can detect missing or incorrect encoding but does not itself implement the control.

prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates output encoding/escaping practices that directly prevent improper encoding.

prevents

Application security requirements include explicit rules for safe output handling and encoding.

prevents

Secure architecture principles reduce the likelihood of missing encoding but do not prescribe the actual technique.

References