Vulnerability · Published Jan 27, 2026 · Assigned by CERTVDE
CVE-2025-41728Beckhoff: Information leak via Beckhoff Device Manager
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity out-of-bounds read in Beckhoff.Device.Manager.XAR from Beckhoff Automation. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A low privileged remote attacker may be able to disclose confidential information from the memory of a privileged process by sending specially crafted calls to the Device Manager web service that cause an out-of-bounds read operation under certain circumstances due to ASLR and thereby potentially copy confidential information into a response.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Beckhoff Automation | Beckhoff.Device.Manager.XAR | 0.0.0 – before 2.5.3 |
| Beckhoff Automation | MDP software package for TwinCAT/BSD | 0.0.0 – before 1.7.0.0 |
| Beckhoff Automation | MDP for Beckhoff RT Linux(R) | 0.0.0 – before 0.0.5 |
Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N