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high 7.8

CVE-2025-41727 json

Beckhoff: Performing privileged operations and gaining administrator access

published 9mo ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-206408

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A local low privileged attacker can bypass the authentication of the Device Manager user interface, allowing them to perform privileged operations and gain administrator access.

Patch / fix

  • Beckhoff Automation Beckhoff.Device.Manager.XAR 2.5.3
  • Beckhoff Automation MDP software package for TwinCAT/BSD 1.7.0.0
  • Beckhoff Automation MDP for Beckhoff RT Linux(R) 0.0.5

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
9mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Beckhoff Automation Beckhoff.Device.Manager.XAR
  • Beckhoff Automation MDP software package for TwinCAT/BSD
  • Beckhoff Automation MDP for Beckhoff RT Linux(R)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-420 Unprotected Alternate Channel

References

Sources

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