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GHSA-FQ7W-H2XR-RR5C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-08 12:31 – Updated: 2025-07-08 12:31

Details

A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC NMS (All versions < V4.0). The affected application does not properly validate file paths when extracting uploaded ZIP files. This could allow an attacker to write arbitrary files to restricted locations and potentially execute code with elevated privileges (ZDI-CAN-26572).

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "id": "GHSA-fq7w-h2xr-rr5c",
  "modified": "2025-07-08T12:31:02Z",
  "published": "2025-07-08T12:31:02Z",
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CVE-2025-40738 (GCVE-0-2025-40738)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-08 10:34 – Updated: 2025-07-08 13:28

Summary

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

siemens

References

URL

Tags

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Siemens	SINEC NMS	Affected: 0 , < V4.0 (custom)

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-FQ7W-H2XR-RR5C

CVE-2025-40738 (GCVE-0-2025-40738)

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