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CVE-2025-41670: Untrusted Search Path

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 34/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.19% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Phoenix Contact AXC F 1152 2026.0.3; Phoenix Contact AXC F 1252 2026.0.3; Phoenix Contact AXC F 2000 EA 2026.0.3.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Phoenix Contact AXC F 1152 2026.0.3; Phoenix Contact AXC F 1252 2026.0.3; Phoenix Contact AXC F 2000 EA 2026.0.3 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

A local user with low privileges may be able to influence the behavior of a privileged system service by manipulating configuration or application-related files located in user-writable areas of the filesystem. The affected service processes data from locations that are not sufficiently protected against modification by low-privileged users. As the service runs with elevated privileges, successful exploitation may result in a local privilege escalation.

HighCVSS 8.7 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 27, 2026
Updated
Oct 14, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 8th percentile

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Action score

34

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
34 / 40 · 8.7 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · CERTVDE
8.7
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (CERTVDE). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Phoenix Contact AXC F 1152

    • 0.0.0 and later · before 2026.0.3affected · semver

  • Phoenix Contact AXC F 1252

    • 0.0.0 and later · before 2026.0.3affected · semver

  • Phoenix Contact AXC F 2000 EA

    • 0.0.0 and later · before 2026.0.3affected · semver

  • Phoenix Contact AXC F 2152

    • 0.0.0 and later · before 2026.0.3affected · semver

  • Phoenix Contact AXC F 3152

    • 0.0.0 and later · before 2026.0.3affected · semver

  • Phoenix Contact BPC 9102S

    • 0.0.0 and later · before 2026.0.3affected · semver

  • Phoenix Contact EPC 1522

    • 0.0.0 and later · before 2026.0.3affected · semver

  • Phoenix Contact RFC 4072R

    • 0.0.0 and later · before 2026.0.3affected · semver

  • Phoenix Contact RFC 4072S

    • 0.0.0 and later · before 2026.0.3affected · semver

  • Phoenix Contact VL3 UPC 2440 EDGE

    • 0.0.0 and later · before 2026.0.3affected · semver

  • Phoenix Contact VPLCNEXT CONTROL 1000

    • 0.0.0 and later · before 2026.0.3affected · semver

  • Phoenix Contact VPLCNEXT CONTROL 2000

    • 0.0.0 and later · before 2026.0.3affected · semver

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2025-41769Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow in PROFINET Service
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2025-41668Phoenix Contact: File access due to the replacement of a critical file used by the service security-profile
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2025-41667Phoenix Contact: File access due to the replacement of a critical file used by the arp-preinit script
    35Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-41666Jul 8, 2025 · Phoenix Contact: File access due to the replacement of a critical file used by the watchdog
    35Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-41669May 27, 2026 · Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
    34Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-41770Aug 12, 2026 · Unauthenticated Denial of Service
    34Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Phoenix Contact AXC F 11522026.0.3Vendor (CNA)
Phoenix Contact AXC F 12522026.0.3Vendor (CNA)
Phoenix Contact AXC F 2000 EA2026.0.3Vendor (CNA)
Phoenix Contact AXC F 21522026.0.3Vendor (CNA)
Phoenix Contact AXC F 31522026.0.3Vendor (CNA)
Phoenix Contact BPC 9102S2026.0.3Vendor (CNA)
Phoenix Contact EPC 15222026.0.3Vendor (CNA)
Phoenix Contact RFC 4072R2026.0.3Vendor (CNA)
Phoenix Contact RFC 4072S2026.0.3Vendor (CNA)
Phoenix Contact VL3 UPC 2440 EDGE2026.0.3Vendor (CNA)
Phoenix Contact VPLCNEXT CONTROL 10002026.0.3Vendor (CNA)
Phoenix Contact VPLCNEXT CONTROL 20002026.0.3Vendor (CNA)
Phoenix Contact VPLCNEXT CONTROL 30002026.0.3Vendor (CNA)
Phoenix Contact VPLCNEXT CONTROL 5002026.0.3Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-427 · Uncontrolled Search Path Element

CVSS vector

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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