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CVE-2025-40738
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 13.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-07-08 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-22
Description
A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC NMS (All versions < V4.0). The affected application does not properly validate file paths when extracting uploaded ZIP files. This could allow an attacker to write arbitrary files to restricted locations and potentially execute code with elevated privileges (ZDI-CAN-26572).
Affected products
- Siemens SINEC NMS: before 4.0 — fixed in 4.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Siemens SINEC NMS 4.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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