Vulnerability · Published Sep 18, 2025 · Assigned by icscert
CVE-2025-54860Cognex In-Sight Explorer and In-Sight Camera Firmware Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
High 7.7
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in In-Sight 2000 series from Cognex. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Cognex In-Sight Explorer and In-Sight Camera Firmware expose a telnet-based service on port 23 in order to allow management operations on the device such as firmware upgrades and device reboot requiring an authentication. A wrong management of login failures of the service allows a denial-of-service attack, leaving the telnet service into an unreachable state.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cognex | In-Sight 2000 series | 5.x – through 6.5.1 |
| Cognex | In-Sight 7000 series | 5.x – through 6.5.1 |
| Cognex | In-Sight 8000 series | 5.x – through 6.5.1 |
| Cognex | In-Sight 9000 series | 5.x – through 6.5.1 |
| Cognex | In-Sight Explorer | 5.x – through 6.5.1 |
Weakness: CWE-307 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H