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Plain-English summary
CVE-2026-2459 affects Hitachi Energy Relion REB500 version 8.0.0.0. An authenticated user with the Installer role may access and change directory contents outside that role’s authorization. This is primarily an insider, compromised-account, or poorly governed access risk, not an unauthenticated internet exploit based on available sources.
Executive priority
Prioritize this for environments where REB500 supports critical protection or substation operations and Installer access is broadly assigned. Treat as high urgency for access review and vendor guidance tracking, especially where privileged credentials are shared or weakly monitored.
Technical view
The issue is classified as CWE-267 and has CVSS 4.0 score 7.4 High. The vector indicates network reachability, low attack complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, and high impact to vulnerable-system confidentiality and integrity, with no availability impact stated. Sources identify only Relion REB500 8.0.0.0 as affected; default status is unaffected for other versions.
Likely exposure
Organizations using Hitachi Energy Relion REB500 8.0.0.0 are potentially exposed if users or service accounts have Installer role access. Exposure depends on deployment architecture, account governance, and whether that role is available to untrusted or broadly shared personnel.
Exploitation context
The CVE record does not report public exploitation, and it is not listed as CISA KEV in the provided bundle. Exploitation requires authenticated high-privilege access, so the main concern is misuse of Installer credentials, credential compromise, or excessive role assignment.
Researcher notes
Available public detail is limited. The advisory reference is from Hitachi Energy, and the CVE record provides the affected version, role condition, CVSS vector, and CWE. No patch version, workaround, proof of concept, or exploitation-in-the-wild evidence is included in the provided sources.
Mitigation direction
- Check Hitachi Energy advisory 8DBD000217 for official remediation or compensating controls.
- Review and restrict Installer role assignments to verified operational need.
- Remove shared or stale Installer accounts where operationally feasible.
- Monitor REB500 administrative activity for unauthorized directory access or content changes.
- Segment management access to reduce who can reach REB500 administration interfaces.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Relion REB500 deployments and confirm software version.
- Identify systems running version 8.0.0.0.
- Review accounts assigned the Installer role.
- Check administrative logs for unexpected file or directory changes.
- Track vendor advisory updates for patch or configuration guidance.
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.4 (4.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N——Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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7.4HighVector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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