What is CVE-2026-2401?

CVE-2026-2401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Schneider Electric Powerchute™ Serial Shutdown, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2026-04-14.

How severe is CVE-2026-2401?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Schneider Electric Powerchute™ Serial Shutdown

CVE-2026-2401

CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability exists that could cause confidential information to be exposed when a Web Admin user executes a malicious file provided by an attacker.

Published 2026-04-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (0.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 1st percentile — 0.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Schneider Electric Powerchute™ Serial Shutdown — versions Versions 1.4 and prior
Schneider-Electric Powerchute Serial Shutdown

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

download.schneider-electric.com/files (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-2401?: CVE-2026-2401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Schneider Electric Powerchute™ Serial Shutdown, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2026-04-14.
How severe is CVE-2026-2401?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.