CVE-2026-13348
CVE-2026-13348 — CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability exists that could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized…
CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability exists that could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to a user account by performing an arbitrary number of authentication attempts when redirect handling is disabled.
Published Updated Sources: NVD, Schneider Electric (CNA), SOCRadar CTI
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
0%
ahead of 0% of scored CVEs
CVSS base
6.9
medium
Remediation
The vendor's own words where we have them.
Upgrade PowerChute™ Serial Shutdown to a fixed release. Apply vendor patches per advisory and restrict external exposure of the affected component until patched.
First 24 hours
Ordered from the record's own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found.
- Identify exposed assets running affected vendor/product/version combinations.
- Prioritize based on EPSS, PoC availability, and external exposure.
- Search available logs for exploit probes, errors, authentication anomalies, or suspicious child processes matching the vulnerability class.
Affected scope
Vendor, product and version as the advisories word them.
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schneider Electric | PowerChute™ Serial Shutdown | Versions 1.5 and prior | Vulnerable |
Attack characteristics
The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Vector
Network
Privileges Req
None
User Interaction
None
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.9 | CVSS 4.0 | medium | — | — | Schneider Electric (CNA) |
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
What this weakness leads to
MITRE's own consequences and mitigations for the weakness class — the authority's wording, not guidance derived from the CVSS vector.
CWE-307 · Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
- Bypass Protection Mechanism
Mitigation: Common protection mechanisms include: Disconnecting the user after a small number of failed attempts Implementing a timeout Locking out a targeted account Requiring a computational task on the user's part.
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-307
Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.
- T1110.001Brute Force: Password Guessing
- T1078Valid Accounts
- T1110.003Brute Force: Password Spraying
Detection
Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.
- Prioritize edge telemetry for network-reachable PowerChute™ Serial Shutdown.
Timeline
What happened to this CVE, newest first — with the readings a source repeats on a schedule counted underneath rather than listed.
- 2026
Added · CVSS 3.1 6.9 (AV:N)
Sep 1, 2026 · NVD
Initial · CVE published
Sep 1, 2026 · NVD
CVE published by MITRE.
Sep 1, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
References
1 on the record
Elsewhere on this site
- Schneider Electricevery CVE for this vendor
- Auth Bypasssame class
- CWE-307other 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.
Answered from this record1
What should defenders know first?
CVE-2026-13348 is CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability exists that could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized…, a medium vulnerability affecting PowerChute™ Serial Shutdown from Schneider Electric. The current evidence does not list it in CISA KEV, and the exploit status is: Active exploitation is not confirmed from current sources for CVE-2026-13348. Public exploit evidence is: A public PoC is not confirmed from current sources for CVE-2026-13348. The affected-version evidence is listed in the key facts and affected products tables. Defenders should first verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run those versions, then apply vendor patches or mitigations, restrict reachable attack surface, and preserve logs for detection review. CVSS 6.9 describes technical severity, while EPSS 0% helps estimate near-term exploit likelihood; neither replaces asset context. Unknown fields should remain explicit in tickets, and threat actor, IOC, victimology, or payload claims should not be added unless a cited source supports them. Monitor CISA KEV, vendor advisories, NVD changes, public PoC repositories, and internal telemetry for update triggers.