CVE-2025-3222 (GCVE-0-2025-3222)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-11-07 16:28
Modified
2025-11-07 19:17
Severity ?
9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Summary
Improper Authentication vulnerability in GE Vernova Smallworld on Windows, Linux allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects Smallworld: 5.3.3 and prior versions for Linux, and 5.3.4. and prior versions for Windows.
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Impacted products
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GE Vernova Smallworld Version: 5.3.3
Version: 5.3.4
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