Vulnerability · Published May 12, 2026 · Assigned by siemens
CVE-2025-40949
Critical 9.1
In plain English
A critical-severity OS command injection 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 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000RE (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510 (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511 (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512 (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524 (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536 (All versions < V2.17.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000 (All versions < V2.17.1). Affected devices do not properly sanitize user-supplied input in the Scheduler functionality of the Web UI, allowing commands to be injected into the task scheduling backend. This could allow an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Siemens | RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 | 0 – before V2.17.1 |
| Siemens | RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000RE | 0 – before V2.17.1 |
| Siemens | RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 | 0 – before V2.17.1 |
| Siemens | RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 | 0 – before V2.17.1 |
| Siemens | RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 | 0 – before V2.17.1 |
| Siemens | RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510 | 0 – before V2.17.1 |
| Siemens | RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511 | 0 – before V2.17.1 |
| Siemens | RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512 | 0 – before V2.17.1 |
| Siemens | RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524 | 0 – before V2.17.1 |
| Siemens | RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536 | 0 – before V2.17.1 |
| Siemens | RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000 | 0 – before V2.17.1 |
Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H