PT-2026-32677 · Apc · Powerchute Serial Shutdown

Published 2026-04-14 · Updated 2026-04-19 · CVE-2026-2405

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PowerChute Serial Shutdown (affected versions not specified)

Description An uncontrolled resource consumption issue exists where a Web Admin user can cause a denial of service. This occurs when the system is flooded with specially crafted POST requests to the endpoint '/helpabout', leading to the excessive creation of troubleshooting zip files.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-05384

CVE-2026-2405

Affected Products

Powerchute Serial Shutdown

References · 5

• https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2026-104-01&p_enDocType=Security+and+Safety+Notice&p_File_Name=SEVD-2026-104-01.pdf · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2405 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-05384 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/infoflowcloud/status/2045891215564910741 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2045889786494190044 · Twitter Post