{"id":"CVE-2026-59241","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-59241","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:57:58.519Z","title":"A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC WinCC V7.5 (All versions), SIMATIC WinCC V8.0 (All versions < V8.0 Update 11), SIMATIC WinCC V8.1 (All versions < V8.1 Update 7).","description":"A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC WinCC V7.5 (All versions), SIMATIC WinCC V8.0 (All versions < V8.0 Update 11), SIMATIC WinCC V8.1 (All versions < V8.1 Update 7). The affected application does not sufficiently restrict the permissions assigned to a database role.\r\nThis could allow an authenticated remote attacker with database access to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the host system where SIMATIC WinCC is installed, potentially leading to a compromise of the system.","published":"2026-10-13T10:17:17.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-16T18:17:59.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"productcert@siemens.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-266"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.0034,"percentile":0.27305,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-14","score":0.00499,"percentile":0.41268}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-13T10:17:17.000Z","detail":{"score":"8.7","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-13T10:17:16.623Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 8.7)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-550198.html","source":"productcert@siemens.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59241","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}