CVE-2026-9128 (GCVE-0-2026-9128)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-14 15:12 – Updated: 2026-07-14 15:55
VLAI
Title
Studio 5000 Logix Designer® – Multiple Vulnerabilities
Summary
A code execution security issue exists within Studio 5000 Logix Designer® due to an unquoted search path in the External Tools configuration. The executable paths specified in the external tools configuration file are not properly quoted, and because these paths contain spaces, the operating system may resolve them to unintended executables placed earlier in the search order. If exploited, an attacker could plant a malicious executable in a location within the search path, resulting in arbitrary code execution with the same permissions of the user running the application.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-14 15:55 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Assigner
Rockwell CNA under the icscert root
CNA scorecard C 74/100 over 47 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Designer Affected: V35.00, 34.00-34.02, 33.00-33.02, 32.00-32.04 and older
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