CVE-2025-11565: schneider electric powerchute™ serial shutdown Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-11565 is a high (CVSS 7.3) Path Traversal vulnerability in schneider electric powerchute™ serial shutdown. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 12-11-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 12-11-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability exists that could cause elevated system access when a Web Admin user on the local network tampers with the POST /REST/UpdateJRE request payload.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.