High severity · published Oct 13, 2026
CVE-2026-78557
A vulnerability has been identified in Industrial Edge App Publisher (All versions < V1.27.9)
8.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Industrial Edge App Publisher (All versions < V1.27.9). The application fails to properly sanitize or escape data received from the backend before rendering it in the user interface. Because the front end is integrated with Node.js, this vulnerability allows for the execution of arbitrary JavaScript, which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution (RCE) on the victim's machine
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IE
Industrial Edge App Publisher · Siemens
before V1.27.9 · source: vendor
In the news
VulnerabilityHigh
Siemens Industrial Edge App Publisher
View CSAF Summary The Industrial Edge App Publisher contains a vulnerability chain involving improper certificate validation and the rendering of unescaped data from backend responses. These issues can be combined to allow an attacker on the network to impersonate the management server and execute arbitrary code (RCE) on the local machine through Node.js integration. Siemens has released an update for the Industrial Edge App Publisher and recommends to update to the latest version. The following versions of Siemens Industrial Edge App Publisher are affected: Industrial Edge App Publisher vers:intdot/&lt;1.27.9 (CVE-2026-78556, CVE-2026-78557) CVSS Vendor Equipment v3 8.3 Siemens Industrial Edge App Publisher 2 Vulnerabilities Improper Certificate Validation, Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Background Critical Infrastructure Sectors: Critical Manufacturing, Transportation Systems, Energy, Healthcare and Public Health, Financial Services, Government Services and Facilities Countries/Areas Deployed: Worldwide Company Headquarters Location: Germany Vulnerabilities Expand All + CVE-2026-78556 The affected software does not properly validate the server certificate when initiating a TLS connection. This allows an attacker to intercept and relay communication (Man-in-the-Middle attack) and to spoof a trusted entity by interfe...
Oct 22, 2026·CISA Advisories
Affected product
IE
Industrial Edge App Publisher
Siemens
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