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FKIE_CVE-2026-9128

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-14 16:17 - Updated: 2026-08-25 16:59

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

A code execution security issue exists within Studio 5000 Logix Designer® due to an unquoted search path in the External Tools configuration. The executable paths specified in the external tools configuration file are not properly quoted, and because these paths contain spaces, the operating system may resolve them to unintended executables placed earlier in the search order. If exploited, an attacker could plant a malicious executable in a location within the search path, resulting in arbitrary code execution with the same permissions of the user running the application.

References

	URL	Tags
	PSIRT@rockwellautomation.com	https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/trust-center/security-advisories/advisory.SD1783.html	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
rockwellautomation	studio_5000_logix_designer	*
rockwellautomation	studio_5000_logix_designer	*
rockwellautomation	studio_5000_logix_designer	*
rockwellautomation	studio_5000_logix_designer	35.00

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CVE-2026-9128 (GCVE-0-2026-9128)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-14 15:12 – Updated: 2026-07-14 15:55

Title

Studio 5000 Logix Designer® – Multiple Vulnerabilities

Summary

Severity

7.3 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-14 15:55 UTC

CWE

CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element

Assigner

Rockwell CNA under the icscert root

CNA scorecard C 74/100 over 47 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/trust-ce…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Rockwell Automation	Studio 5000 Logix Designer	Affected: V35.00, 34.00-34.02, 33.00-33.02, 32.00-32.04 and older

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