FKIE_CVE-2025-11918

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-11-14 14:15 - Updated: 2026-10-07 21:10
Severity
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Rockwell Automation Arena® suffers from a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of DOE files. Local attackers are able to exploit this issue to potentially execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Arena®. Exploiting the vulnerability requires opening a malicious DOE file.
References
PSIRT@rockwellautomation.comhttps://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/trust-center/security-advisories/advisory.SD1763.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
rockwellautomation arena *
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  "lastModified": "2026-10-07T21:10:00.200",
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