# CVE-2025-10461: Global file reads caused by improper URL checks in webserver

> Attackers can read arbitrary files from the server due to improper URL validation in the Softing smartLinks webserver.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/AU:Y/R:A/RE:L/U:Green`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 27 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xg46-rrcq-9x53

## What is CVE-2025-10461?

CVE-2025-10461 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Softing smartLink SW-HT, published on 16 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Global file reads caused by improper URL checks in webserver in Softing Industrial Automation GmbH smartLinks on docker (filesystem modules) allows file access.

This issue affects

smartLink SW-HT: through 1.42

smartLink SW-PN: through 1.03.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10461?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-10461?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10461 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-10461 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-10461 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-10461 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-10461 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Softing smartLink SW-HT, published on 16 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-10461 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Softing smartLink SW-HT. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10461/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10461/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10461
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10461
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-10461

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10461/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.