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ICSA-26-190-02  ·  Published 2026-07-09  ·  View on CISA ICS-CERT ↗

Schneider Electric PowerChute Serial Shutdown

CVSS 6.1 MEDIUM

Risk Summary

Schneider Electric is aware of vulnerabilities in its PowerChute™ Serial Shutdown product. The [PowerChute Serial Shutdown](https://www.se.com/ww/en/product-range/137943580-powerchute-serial-shutdown/#products) product is a UPS management software enabling graceful system shutdown and energy management capabilities for desktop, servers and workstations. Failure to apply the remediation provided below may risk improper input validation which could result in disruption of operations and access to system data.

Remediations

  • Version v1.5 of PowerChute™ Serial Shutdown includes a fix for this vulnerability and is available for download here: • Windows: https://www.se.com/ww/en/download/document/SPD-PCSS_WIN_EN/ Specific instructions and hardening guidelines for these mitigations can be found in the [Security Handbook](https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SPD_CCON-PCSSSH_EN).
  • Version v1.5 of PowerChute™ Serial Shutdown includes a fix for this vulnerability and is available for download here: • Linux: https://www.se.com/ww/en/download/document/SPD-PCSS_LNX_EN/ Specific instructions and hardening guidelines for these mitigations can be found in the [Security Handbook](https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SPD_CCON-PCSSSH_EN).
  • Version v1.5 of PowerChute™ Serial Shutdown includes a fix for this vulnerability and is available for download here: • Windows: https://www.se.com/ww/en/download/document/SPD-PCSS_WIN_EN/ Specific instructions and hardening guidelines for these mitigations can be found in the [Security Handbook](https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SPD_CCON-PCSSSH_EN).
  • Version v1.5 of PowerChute™ Serial Shutdown includes a fix for this vulnerability and is available for download here: • Linux: https://www.se.com/ww/en/download/document/SPD-PCSS_LNX_EN/ Specific instructions and hardening guidelines for these mitigations can be found in the [Security Handbook](https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SPD_CCON-PCSSSH_EN).

Affected Vendors

Microsoft Red Hat Schneider Electric SuSE

Affected Products (2)

Schneider Electric · PowerChute™ Serial Shutdown vers:intdot/<=1.4
Schneider Electric · PowerChute™ Serial Shutdown 1.5

Affected Sectors

Communications, Critical Manufacturing, Energy, Healthcare and Public Health, Information Technology, Transportation Systems

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