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CVE-2026-2336
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Microchip IStaX allows an authenticated low-privileged user to recover a shared per-device cookie secret from their own webstax_auth session cookie and forge a new cookie with administrative privileges.This issue affects IStaX before 2026.03.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unknown","product":"IStaX","vendor":"Microchip","versions":[{"lessThan":"2026.03","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":8.7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"LOW","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact…
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0a3fd84020b79c3732aa6b1d4b0908c7e30fc87361d586f39ae0c0842332df59 · sha256:26db047d68b841a4… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-331","description":"CWE-331 Insufficient entropy","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0a3fd84020b79c3732aa6b1d4b0908c7e30fc87361d586f39ae0c0842332df59 · sha256:26db047d68b841a4… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://www.microchip.com/en-us/solutions/technologies/embedded-security/how-to-report-potential-product-security-vulnerabilities/istax-privilege-escalation-via-weak-cookie-authentication"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0a3fd84020b79c3732aa6b1d4b0908c7e30fc87361d586f39ae0c0842332df59 · sha256:26db047d68b841a4… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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