Vulnerability · Published Dec 18, 2025 · Assigned by icscert
CVE-2025-13911Inductive Automation Ignition Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Ignition from Inductive Automation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Ignition by Inductive Automation, when installed with default OS service account settings, may expose the host system to an elevated code execution risk via the gateway backup restore functionality. An authenticated user with Gateway Administrator privileges can import a malicious gateway backup (.gwbk) file containing crafted project resources, scripts, or modules, resulting in code execution on the host system. This affects both Windows and Linux installations. On Windows, default installations often run the Ignition service as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM, resulting in code execution with full local system privileges. On Linux, default installations commonly run the Ignition service as root or with elevated privileges. Specific privilege level depends on installation configuration.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Inductive Automation | Ignition | 8.1.x8.3.x |
Weakness: CWE-250 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H