CVE-2025-41693

Authenticated Denial-of-Service via SSH

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: December 9, 2025 at 08:13 AM UTC
Updated: October 7, 2026 at 11:10 AM UTC
137 products affected across 1 vendorFl Switch 2308 Pn FirmwareFl Switch 2314-2sfp Pn FirmwareFl Switch 2206-2fx Firmware

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A low privileged remote attacker can use the ssh feature to execute commands directly after login. The process stays open and uses resources which leads to a reduced performance of the management functions. Switching functionality is not affected.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 3.500.0.0 ≤ v < 3.500.0.0
Affected range stops below 3.50, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
phoenixcontact-fl-nat-2008 (same device)
v < 3.500.0.0 ≤ v < 3.500.0.0
Affected range stops below 3.50, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
phoenixcontact-fl-nat-2208 (same device)
v < 3.500.0.0 ≤ v < 3.500.0.0
Affected range stops below 3.50, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
phoenixcontact-fl-nat-2304-2gc-2sfp (same device)
v < 3.500.0.0 ≤ v < 3.500.0.0
Affected range stops below 3.50, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
phoenixcontact-fl-switch-2005 (same device)
v < 3.500.0.0 ≤ v < 3.500.0.0
Affected range stops below 3.50, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
phoenixcontact-fl-switch-2008 (same device)
v < 3.500.0.0 ≤ v < 3.500.0.0
Affected range stops below 3.50, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
phoenixcontact-fl-switch-2008f (same device)
v < 3.500.0.0 ≤ v < 3.500.0.0
Affected range stops below 3.50, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
phoenixcontact-fl-switch-2016 (same device)
v < 3.500.0.0 ≤ v < 3.500.0.0
Affected range stops below 3.50, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
phoenixcontact-fl-switch-2105 (same device)
v < 3.500.0.0 ≤ v < 3.500.0.0
Affected range stops below 3.50, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
phoenixcontact-fl-switch-2108 (same device)
v < 3.500.0.0 ≤ v < 3.500.0.0
Affected range stops below 3.50, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
phoenixcontact-fl-switch-2116 (same device)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

Third Party Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://certvde.com/de/advisories/VDE-2025-071

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.3MEDIUMCERTVDE
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-770

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