Is CVE-2026-59241 being exploited?

No public exploit is currently tracked.

How severe is CVE-2026-59241?

CVE-2026-59241 has a CVSS v3 severity of HIGH (8.8).

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CVE-2026-59241

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC WinCC V7.5 (All versions), SIMATIC WinCC V8.0 (All versions < V8.0 Update 11), SIMATIC WinCC V8.1 (All versions < V8.1 Update 7). The affected application does not sufficiently restrict the permissions assigned to a database role. This could allow an authenticated remote attacker with database access to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the host system where SIMATIC WinCC is installed, potentially leading to a compromise of the system.