CVE-2025-41726 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2025-41726

Beckhoff: Arbitrary code execution within privileged processes

Vulnerability Description

A low privileged remote attacker can execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted calls to the web service of the Device Manager or locally via an API and can cause integer overflows which then may lead to arbitrary code execution within privileged processes.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Diego Giubertoni from Nozomi Networks

References

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Affected Vendor

Beckhoff Automation

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Affected Software

Beckhoff.Device.Manager.XAR, MDP software package for TwinCAT/BSD, MDP for Beckhoff RT Linux(R)
Vulnerable Versions:
0.0.0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 27th, 2026
Last Modified: January 27th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-190

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1055 Process Injection
Defense Evasion
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact