CVE-2025-40594 (GCVE-0-2025-40594)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-09 08:47
Modified
2025-09-09 19:36
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
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in SINAMICS G220 V6.4 (All versions < V6.4 HF2), SINAMICS S200 V6.4 (All versions), 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.
References
productcert@siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-027652.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Siemens SINAMICS G220 V6.4 Version: 0   < V6.4 HF2
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   Siemens SINAMICS S200 V6.4 Version: 0   < *
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   Siemens SINAMICS S210 V6.4 Version: 0   < V6.4 HF2
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