VDB-411065 · CVE-2026-15952 · GCVE-0-2026-15952

ABB Protection and control IED manager up to 2.14 permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in ABB Protection and control IED manager up to 2.14. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-15952. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ABB Protection and control IED manager up to 2.14. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in ABB Protection and control IED manager (PCM600). This issue affects Protection and control IED manager (PCM600): through 2.14.

The advisory is shared at search.abb.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-15952 since 07/16/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1222 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Protection and control IED manager

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.2
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 6.4
CNA Vector (ABB): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
Price Prediction: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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0-Day Time: 🔒

Timelineinfo

07/16/2026 CVE reserved
09/28/2026 +74 days Advisory disclosed
09/28/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/28/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: search.abb.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-15952 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-15952
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-411065

Entryinfo

Created: 09/28/2026 15:47
Changes: 09/28/2026 15:47 (72)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103