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Fencer Vulns
high 7.6

CVE-2025-40761 json

A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000RE (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 (Al…

published 2025-08-12 14 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-24239

cvss
7.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000RE (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000 (All versions). Affected devices do not properly limit access through its Built-In-Self-Test (BIST) mode. This could allow an attacker with physical access to the serial interface to bypass authentication and get access to a root shell on the device.

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-25-226-20 updated cvss 7.6

Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX II

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000RE Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510
    +5 more products
    Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511 Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512 Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524 Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536 Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000
    affected: mitigation, no fix available

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
14 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 4.0 8.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CNA 4.0 8.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000RE
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.