CVE-2026-2336Disclosure(microchip / istax)

LOWCVSS 8.8 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

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.

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Sources & remediation

Other references

https://www.microchip.com/en-us/solutions/technologies/embedded-security/how-to-report-potential-product-security-vulnerabilities/istax-privilege-escalation-via-weak-cookie-authentication

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-331

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

istax

Threat summary

1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

Technical details provided in 1 signal
Disclosure: 1 classified signal
1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors

microchip

Products

istax

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d

Signal classification1 categories

Disclosure

1100.0%

Referenced assets1 URL

By indicator

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2336

Full discourse1 post

CVE@CVEnew174d
Disclosure
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_… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2336
Post summary
The text announces CVE-2026-2336, a privilege‑escalation flaw in Microchip IStaX that lets authenticated low‑privileged users recover a per‑device cookie secret, but offers no PoC, exploit, patch, or evidence of real‑world exploitation.
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Part	Vendor	Product	Version	Target SW	Target HW
App	microchip	istax	-	linux	-

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