# CVE-2025-11223: Other in AutoDownloader

> An attacker can execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious DLL in the application directory, exploiting an insecure DLL search path.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wrf8-p388-vxwp

## What is CVE-2025-11223?

CVE-2025-11223 is a high-severity vulnerability in Panasonic AutoDownloader, published on 3 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Installer of 

Panasonic 

AutoDownloader 

 version 1.2.8
contains an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to loading 

a crafted DLL file in the same directory.

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11223?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-11223?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11223 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-11223 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11223 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-11223 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-11223 is a high-severity vulnerability in Panasonic AutoDownloader, published on 3 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11223 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Panasonic AutoDownloader. 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-2025-11223/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11223/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11223
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11223
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-11223

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11223/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.