CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability exists that would allow an attacker on the local network to gain access to the user account by performing an arbitrary number of authentication attempts with different credentials on the /REST/shutdownnow endpoint.

CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability exists that would allow an attacker on the local network to gain access to the user account by performing an arbitrary number of authentication attempts with different credentials on the /REST/shutdownnow endpoint.

Schneider Electric is aware of a vulnerability in its PowerChute™ Serial Shutdown product. The [PowerChute™ Serial Shutdown](https://www.se.com/us/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 mitigations or remediations provided below may risk elevation of privileges or unauthenticated access which could result in disruption of operations and access to system data.

Schneider Electric is aware of a vulnerability in its PowerChute™ Serial Shutdown product. The [PowerChute™ Serial Shutdown](https://www.se.com/us/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 mitigations or remediations provided below may risk elevation of privileges or unauthenticated access which could result in disruption of operations and access to system data.