CVE-2025-11565 Path traversal in PowerChute™ Serial Shutdown
A local network attacker with Web Admin access can achieve elevated system access via path traversal in the UpdateJRE request.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-11565?
CVE-2025-11565 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Schneider Electric PowerChute™ Serial Shutdown, published on 12 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11565?
How do I fix CVE-2025-11565?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11565 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-11565 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11565 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-44q9-wm73-vrf7.