CVE-2025-54754

Cognex In-Sight Explorer and In-Sight Camera Firmware Use of Hard-coded Password

HIGH
8
CVSS Score
Published: September 18, 2025 at 09:06 PM UTC
Updated: October 18, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
5 products affected across 1 vendorIn Sight 8000In Sight 2000In Sight 9000

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Severity
HIGH8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

An attacker with adjacent access, without authentication, can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve a hard-coded password embedded in publicly available software. This password can then be used to decrypt sensitive network traffic, affecting the Cognex device.

Affected

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

5.x ≤ v ≤ 6.5.15.x
5.x ≤ v ≤ 6.5.15.x
5.x ≤ v ≤ 6.5.15.x
5.x ≤ v ≤ 6.5.15.x
5.x ≤ v ≤ 6.5.15.x

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.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

8HIGHicscert
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-259

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