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CVE-2025-40581 (GCVE-0-2025-40581)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-13 09:39 – Updated: 2026-09-08 08:11
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (6GK5998-3GS00-2AC2) (All versions < V2.1 HF0 with SINEMA Remote Connect Edge Client installed). Affected devices are vulnerable to an authentication bypass. This could allow a non-privileged local attacker to bypass the authentication of the SINEMA Remote Connect Edge Client, and to read and modify the configuration parameters.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
8.4 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-13 13:13 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-288 - Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Siemens SCALANCE LPE9403 Affected: 0 , < V2.1 HF0 (custom)
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