CVE-2025-40746

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (All versions < V3.2). Affected products do not properly validate input for a backup script. This could allow an authenticated remote attacker with high privileges in the application to execute arbitrary code with 'NT Authority/SYSTEM' privileges.

CVSS v3 9.1 CRITICAL

9.1^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-493787.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_rtls_locating_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-08-12 12:15

Updated : 2025-08-20 20:58

NVD link : CVE-2025-40746

Mitre link : CVE-2025-40746

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-40746

JSON object : View

Products Affected

siemens

simatic_rtls_locating_manager

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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