CVE-2023-6407 — A CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Tra

A CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability exists that could cause arbitrary file deletion upon service restart when accessed by a local and low-privileged attacker.

01What is this vulnerability?

A CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability exists that could cause arbitrary file deletion upon service restart when accessed by a local and low-privileged attacker.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Schneider Electric	Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software	2.6-GA-01-23116 and prior (Windows 10, 11, Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022)

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-12-14T05:02:30.242Z
• Last modified: 2026-02-25T16:34:33.707Z

09References

• download.schneider-electric.com — https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2023-346-03&p_enDoc…