PTC Axeda agent and Axeda Desktop Server Missing Authentication For Critical Function

published 2022-03-16 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-29948

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.9%; EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits: 0; none known

When connecting to a certain port Axeda agent (All versions) and Axeda Desktop Server for Windows (All versions) may allow an attacker to send certain XML messages to a specific port without proper authentication. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to read and modify the affected product’s configuration.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

ptc axeda_agent 6.9.1
ptc axeda_desktop_server 6.9.215

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-22-067-01 updated 2022-03-31 cvss 9.8

PTC Axeda agent and Axeda Desktop Server (Update C)

PTC Axeda agent PTC Axeda Desktop Server for Windows
affected: mitigation “Upgrade to Axeda agent Version 6.9.2 build 1049 or 6.9.3 build 1051 when running older versions of the Axeda agent.” ptc.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-04-16)

Exploit prediction

1.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

PTC Axeda agent
PTC Axeda Desktop Server for Windows

Classification

Weakness

CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality

References

ptc.com /en/support/article/CS363561
vendor-advisory
cisa.gov /uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-067-01
mitigation, third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-25251
NVD CVE-2022-25251

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Summary