Improper privilege management in Schneider Electric Saitel DR RTU
Priority LOW 38CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management vulnerability exists that could cause privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution when a privileged engineer user with console access modifies a configuration file used by a root-level daemon to execute custom scripts.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00192 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schneider Electric | Saitel DR RTU | up to 11.06.29 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Schneider Electric | Saitel DP RTU | up to 11.06.34 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Saitel DR RTU VendorSchneider Electric Affected up to 11.06.29 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Saitel DP RTU VendorSchneider Electric Affected up to 11.06.34 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-8453
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5m4x-qf9v-q755
References
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Sources
- CVE-2025-8453 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-8453 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5m4x-qf9v-q755 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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