CVE-2021-23278: Eaton Intelligent Power Manager

Critical severity, CVSS 9.6. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) prior to 1.69 is vulnerable to authenticated arbitrary file delete vulnerability induced due to improper input validation at server/maps_srv.js with action removeBackground and server/node_upgrade_srv.js with action removeFirmware. An attacker can send specially crafted packets to delete the files on the system where IPM software is installed.

Affected products

• Eaton Intelligent Power Manager: before 1.69 (fixed in 1.69)
• Eaton Intelligent Power Manager Virtual Appliance: before 1.69 (fixed in 1.69)
• Eaton Intelligent Power Protector: before 1.68 (fixed in 1.68)

Published 2021-04-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.