CVE-2025-13901 (GCVE-0-2025-13901)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-10 17:02 – Updated: 2026-03-10 17:25
VLAI
Summary
CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release vulnerability exists that could cause partial Denial of Service on Machine Expert protocol when an unauthenticated attacker sends malicious payload to occupy active communication channels.
Severity
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-404 - Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Schneider Electric Modicon M241/M251 Affected: Versions prior to 5.4.13.12
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Schneider Electric Modicon M262 Affected: Versions prior to 5.4.10.12
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