CVE-2025-40594 (GCVE-0-2025-40594)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-09 08:47 – Updated: 2026-03-10 16:07
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in SINAMICS G220 V6.4 (All versions < V6.4 HF2), SINAMICS S200 V6.4 (All versions < V6.4 HF7), SINAMICS S210 V6.4 (All versions < V6.4 HF2). The affected devices allow a factory reset to be executed without the required privileges due to improper privilege management as well as manipulation of configuration data because of leaked privileges of previous sessions. This could allow an unauthorized attacker to escalate their privileges.
Severity
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-09-09 19:35 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
siemens CNA under the icscert root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 99 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Siemens SINAMICS G220 V6.4 Affected: 0 , < V6.4 HF2 (custom)
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Siemens SINAMICS S200 V6.4 Affected: 0 , < V6.4 HF7 (custom)
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Siemens SINAMICS S210 V6.4 Affected: 0 , < V6.4 HF2 (custom)
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