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SSA-514895

Vulnerability from csaf_siemens - Published: 2025-11-11 00:00 - Updated: 2025-11-11 00:00
Summary
SSA-514895: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Altair Grid Engine V2025.1.0
Notes
Summary: Altair Grid Engine contain multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code with superuser permissions. Siemens has released a new version for Altair Grid Engine and recommends to update to the latest version.
General Recommendations: As a general security measure, Siemens strongly recommends to protect network access to devices with appropriate mechanisms. In order to operate the devices in a protected IT environment, Siemens recommends to configure the environment according to Siemens' operational guidelines for Industrial Security (Download: https://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security), and to follow the recommendations in the product manuals. Additional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity
Additional Resources: For further inquiries on security vulnerabilities in Siemens products and solutions, please contact the Siemens ProductCERT: https://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories
Terms of Use: The use of Siemens Security Advisories is subject to the terms and conditions listed on: https://www.siemens.com/productcert/terms-of-use.
CVE-2025-40760
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE-209 - Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Altair Grid Engine
Siemens / Altair Grid Engine
 vers:intdot/<2026.0.0
Mitigation
Vendor Fix fix
CVE-2025-40763
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Affected products
Known affected 1 product, the same list as for CVE-2025-40760
References
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