# CVE-2026-2336: A privilege escalation vulnerability in Microchip IStaX allows an authenticated low-privileged user to recover a…

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Published: 2026-04-16  
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CVE-2026-2336 · Severity: high · CVSS 8.8 · Published 2026-04-16

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.

Vendors: [Microchip](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/microchip).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-2336 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-2336 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-2336?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, published 16 April 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Microchip Istax. The advisory does not name versions.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-2336?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-2336?** Check whether you run Microchip Istax. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- Microchip Istax