CVE-2025-41727

Beckhoff: Performing privileged operations and gaining administrator access

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 27, 2026 at 11:36 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
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A local low privileged attacker can bypass the authentication of the Device Manager user interface, allowing them to perform privileged operations and gain administrator access.

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

7.8HIGHCERTVDE
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-420

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