Vulnerability · CVE-2026-2405
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability exists that could cause excessive troubleshooting zip file creation and denial of service when a Web Admin user…
Published Apr 14, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · powerchute serial shutdown
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-2405. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of powerchute serial shutdown is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium5.3
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.24%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe schneider-electric/powerchute serial shutdown
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability exists that could cause excessive troubleshooting zip file creation and denial of service when a Web Admin user floods the system with POST /helpabout requests.
Are you affected?
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- cpe schneider-electric/powerchute serial shutdownversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-2405
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-2405. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of powerchute serial shutdown is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. EPSS 0.24%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Apr 14, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability exists that could cause excessive troubleshooting zip file creation and denial of service when a Web Admin user floods the system with POST /helpabout requests.
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability exists that could cause excessive troubleshooting zip file creation and denial of service when a Web Admin user floods the system with POST /helpabout requests.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-2405
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-2405
30-day exploitation probability 0.2%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-2405
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability exists that could cause excessive troubleshooting zip file creation and denial of service when a Web Admin user floods the system with POST /helpabout requests.
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.