CVE-2025-40738 HIGH

CVE-2025-40738

Vendor Siemens
Product SINEC NMS
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published July 8, 2025
Last update July 8, 2025

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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).

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 8, 2025 CVE published
July 8, 2025 Record updated