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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2025-65118 json

AVEVA Process Optimization Uncontrolled Search Path Element

published 2026-01-16 9 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-2996

cvss
8.8
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 16%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow an authenticated miscreant (OS Standard User) to trick Process Optimization services into loading arbitrary code and escalate privileges to OS System, potentially resulting in complete compromise of the Model Application Server.

Patch / fix

  • aveva process_optimization 2025

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-26-015-01 updated cvss 8.8

AVEVA Process Optimization

  • AVEVA Process Optimization <=2024.1
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation “AVEVA recommends users take the following action:” softwaresupportsp.aveva.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
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
9 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 4.0 9.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CNA 4.0 9.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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

  • AVEVA Process Optimization

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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.