Vulnerability · Published Apr 16, 2026 · Assigned by Microchip

CVE-2026-2336Weak webstax_auth Cookie Authentication Allows Privilege Escalation

High 8.7

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in IStaX from Microchip. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.7High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microchip	IStaX	0 – before 2026.03

Weakness: CWE-331 · Vector: 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

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 vendor-advisory