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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-14 15:12 – Updated: 2026-07-14 15:55
VLAI
Title
Studio 5000 Logix Designer® – Multiple Vulnerabilities
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.
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 (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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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