CVE-2025-41726

Beckhoff: Arbitrary code execution within privileged processes

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 27, 2026 at 11:35 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:23 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorMdp for Rt LinuxMdp for Twincat BsdDevice Manager (XAR)

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A low privileged remote attacker can execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted calls to the web service of the Device Manager or locally via an API and can cause integer overflows which then may lead to arbitrary code execution within privileged processes.

Affected

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

0.0.0 ≤ v < 2.5.30.0.0
Affected range stops below 2.5.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
0.0.0 ≤ v < 0.0.50.0.0
Affected range stops below 0.0.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
0.0.0 ≤ v < 1.7.0.00.0.0
Affected range stops below 1.7.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

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)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

8.8HIGHCERTVDE
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-190

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