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Vulnerability · Published Aug 12, 2025 · Assigned by siemens

CVE-2025-40761

High 7.6

In plain English

A high-severity authentication bypass in RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 from Siemens. 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 18% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.6High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000RE (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000 (All versions). Affected devices do not properly limit access through its Built-In-Self-Test (BIST) mode. This could allow an attacker with physical access to the serial interface to bypass authentication and get access to a root shell on the device.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 0 – before *
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000RE 0 – before *
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 0 – before *
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 0 – before *
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 0 – before *
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510 0 – before *
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511 0 – before *
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512 0 – before *
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524 0 – before *
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536 0 – before *
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000 0 – before *

Weakness: CWE-288 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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