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CVE-2025-48496 json

Emerson ValveLink Products Uncontrolled Search Path Element

published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-21093

cvss
5.1
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 9%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Emerson ValveLink products use a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors.

Patch / fix

  • Emerson ValveLink SOLO ValveLink 14.0
  • Emerson ValveLink DTM ValveLink 14.0
  • Emerson ValveLink PRM ValveLink 14.0
  • Emerson ValveLink SNAP-ON ValveLink 14.0

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-25-189-01 updated cvss 5.1

Emerson ValveLink Products

  • Emerson ValveLink DTM <ValveLink_14.0 Emerson ValveLink PRM <ValveLink_14.0 Emerson ValveLink SNAP-ON <ValveLink_14.0 Emerson ValveLink SOLO <ValveLink_14.0
    affected: mitigation “Emerson recommends users update their Valvelink software to ValveLink 14.0 or later. The upgrade can be downloaded from the Emerson website.” emerson.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 4.0 5.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 5.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

  • Emerson ValveLink SOLO
  • Emerson ValveLink DTM
  • Emerson ValveLink PRM
  • Emerson ValveLink SNAP-ON

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

Sources

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