Vulnerability · Published Mar 5, 2026 · Assigned by icscert

CVE-2026-27778ePower epower.ie Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in epower.ie from ePower. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 48.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

The WebSocket Application Programming Interface lacks restrictions on the number of authentication requests. This absence of rate limiting may allow an attacker to conduct denial-of-service attacks by suppressing or mis-routing legitimate charger telemetry, or conduct brute-force attacks to gain unauthorized access.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
ePower epower.ie All versions

Weakness: CWE-307 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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