CVE-2025-7971

Studio 5000 Logix Designer® – Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: August 14, 2025 at 03:02 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:06 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorStudio 5000 Logix Designer

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A security issues exists within Studio 5000 Logix Designer due to unsafe handling of environment variables. If the specified path lacks a valid file, Logix Designer crashes; However, it may be possible to execute malicious code without triggering a crash.

Affected

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

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

7.3HIGHRockwell
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-20

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