Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain target email via parent-org view
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ExploitSend login request with login_type:5
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ExecutionBypass auth and take over account
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ImpactManipulate managed inverter fleet
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Alternate path authentication
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires sending a login request to the iSolarCloud API with the parameter "login_type":"5" and supplying the target account's email address in the user_account property; the auth bypass itself needs no valid credentials. The principal limiting factor is knowledge of the victim's email address - however, the description states a user can view the email associated with their parent organization, so a legitimate sub-account holder can readily obtain a target email, weakening this constraint for insider/tenant-adjacent abuse. Network reachability to the iSolarCloud service is required; no user interaction or pre-existing privilege on the target account is needed. Affected: Sungrow iSolarCloud versions 'before 2026' (exact fixed build not specified in available data). |
| Impact | This is a genuine high-priority issue, not a CVSS-inflated one. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) describes a network-reachable authentication bypass requiring no privileges or user interaction, scoring 9.2 with high integrity and availability impact to both the vulnerable system and subsequent systems (VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H) - consistent with a cloud platform whose compromise cascades to the physical inverters it manages. The one mitigating signal is AT:P (attack requirement present): exploitation is gated by needing the victim account's email address, though the description notes a user can read the email of their parent organization, substantially lowering that barrier for insiders or sub-accounts. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or confirmed public exploit code was provided, so exploitation is unproven in the wild despite the critical score. The 'local blackouts on the whole continent' claim in the description appears to derive from the referenced jakkaru.de research write-up rather than from vendor or CISA confirmation and should be treated as a researcher impact projection, not a confirmed consequence - verify with the vendor. Overall: a credible, easily-triggered auth bypass in an energy-sector cloud platform warranting prompt patching, with the email prerequisite as the main real-world friction. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker (or a low-privileged sub-account user who can view their parent organization's email) sends a crafted login request to iSolarCloud containing "login_type":"5" and the target's email as user_account, bypassing authentication and taking over the account. With control of the cloud account, the attacker can manipulate the associated solar inverter fleet. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data, but the mechanism is simple and well-documented in the referenced research. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 07, 2026
Unauthenticated account takeover in Sungrow iSolarCloud is achievable by sending a login request to the platform's API with "login_type":"5" and the victim's email address in the user_account property, letting an attacker assume control of an arbitrary account without valid credentials. The affected range is stated as iSolarCloud builds 'before 2026' (CPE is a wildcard, so no exact fixed build is published), and because iSolarCloud is the control plane for grid-connected PV and battery-storage fleets, the assessed impact is scope-changed (S:C) with high integrity and availability loss - the disclosure's author cautions about regional blackouts in Europe, which should be read as worst-case rather than demonstrated. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and the principal operational constraint is knowing a target email, which the report notes is obtainable by a legitimate sub-account holder who can view the email associated with their parent organization.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch version is identified in the available data - the only version signal is the 'before 2026' affected range - so the first action is to confirm current platform build/state with Sungrow through the iSolarCloud product page (https://www.sungrowpower.com/en/products/cloud-software/isolarcloud) and to track the public disclosure (https://jakkaru.de/articles/sungrow-vulnerability-exposes-gigawatts-worldwide) for a fixed-build announcement. Until a fix is confirmed, the highest-value control is to block or reject the alternate authentication channel at the edge: inspect login requests and deny any POST that carries login_type values other than the documented standard value, enforced at a WAF or API gateway in front of the iSolarCloud endpoint - the trade-off is that if login_type 5 backs a legitimate federated, service-account, or legacy-client flow, those integrations will break and must be migrated first. Reduce the attack prerequisite by restricting sub-account visibility into parent-organization email addresses and auditing/rotating any exposed administrative contact addresses, understanding that this may disrupt normal multi-tenant administration workflows. Enforce MFA and re-authentication on all iSolarCloud accounts, alert on successful logins whose login_type is not the baseline value or whose source IP/ASN is new, and rate-limit repeated user_account submissions against the login endpoint. Because compromised accounts can issue commands to grid-tied assets, separate the control plane from the monitoring plane where possible - restrict inverter/storage curtailment and write commands to trusted networks or a small allowlist of operator accounts - and monitor for anomalous dispatch or setpoint changes; the trade-off is reduced operator flexibility during legitimate grid events. Rotate credentials and invalidate sessions for any account suspected of takeover, and notify Sungrow of any observed exploitation so the tenant-side impact can be contained.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause class is CWE-288, Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel: the iSolarCloud login endpoint honors multiple login_type values, and value "5" reaches a code path that establishes a session without validating the normal credential set, authenticating the caller as whatever account matches the supplied user_account email. This is a server-side authorization/authentication logic defect in a hosted SaaS platform rather than a memory-safety or injection flaw, and it maps to CVSS 4.0's AT:P (attack requirements present) and the independent CVSS 3.1 assessment's AC:H - the bypass itself needs PR:N/unauthenticated access, but the attacker must first obtain a valid target email address, which the disclosure notes can be pulled from the parent-organization record visible to a legitimate sub-account holder. iSolarCloud is Sungrow's monitoring and management cloud for residential, C&I, and utility-scale inverters and energy-storage systems; accounts on the platform carry authority to view telemetry and to issue operational and curtailment commands to connected assets. That control-plane position is why the assessed vector carries S:C with SI:H/SA:H - compromise of a single tenant account can propagate to the electrical infrastructure behind it, which is the technical basis for the 'local blackouts' framing. The affected CPE is a product-level wildcard (sungrow:isolarcloud:*), indicating the vendor did not publish a version-granular affected list; the only version signal available is the description's 'before 2026' range.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:P
Network auth bypass needs no privileges (PR:N) but requires knowing the target's email (AC:H); compromise of the cloud account pivots to managed inverters (S:C), with limited confidentiality but high integrity/availability.
Primary rating from Vendor (mitre).
CVSS VectorVendor: mitre
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
Sungrow iSolarCloud before 2026 allows authentication bypass and account takeover via "login_type":"5" in a login request, potentially leading to "local blackouts on the whole continent" in Europe. An email address for the user_account property is required; however, a user can view the email address associated with their parent organization.
Executive ViewAI
Sungrow's iSolarCloud platform, the cloud control plane used to manage grid-connected solar and battery-storage fleets, carries a critical-severity account takeover issue in which an attacker who knows a target's email address can obtain control of that account using only a crafted login request to the platform API. Because individual accounts can aggregate command authority over many distributed generation and storage assets, a compromise could translate into unauthorized operational control of energy infrastructure rather than a routine data breach, and the disclosing author raises worst-case regional grid-stability concerns in Europe. Any organization operating Sungrow-managed assets, or whose grid or utility partners depend on them, should treat this as a priority exposure while the vendor works toward a fix.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: restrict iSolarCloud API access to trusted source IPs, VPN, or an allowlist; monitor and alert on login requests containing login_type "5" or anomalous user_account values; enforce MFA and rotate credentials for all accounts, including delegated sub-accounts; reduce or audit sub-account holders who can view the email associated with a parent organization; and confirm that local or on-premises control paths for inverters and battery storage remain usable so cloud access can be suspended if needed.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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