CVE-2025-1235 WAGO: Switches affected by year 2k38 problem
A low-privileged attacker can trigger a 32-bit integer overflow by setting the date to 2038, causing the switch time to reset to 1970.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-1235?
CVE-2025-1235 is a medium-severity vulnerability in WAGO Fully Managed Switches 0852-0303, published on 2 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A low privileged attacker can set the date of the devices to the 19th of January 2038 an therefore exceed the 32-Bit time limit. This causes the date of the switch to be set back to January 1st, 1970.
Weakness: CWE-190
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1235?
How do I fix CVE-2025-1235?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1235 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-1235 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1235 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fh88-hcg6-h76m.