# CVE-2025-13844: Use after free in EcoStruxure Power Build Rapsody

> A double free vulnerability in Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Power Build Rapsody allows heap corruption and potential code execution via malicious project files.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L`)
- **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:** 15 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 15 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r2h5-jh8m-2q64

## What is CVE-2025-13844?

CVE-2025-13844 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Power Build Rapsody, published on 15 Jan 2026. 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

CWE-415: Double Free vulnerability exists that could cause heap memory corruption when the end user imports a malicious project file (SSD file) shared by the attacker into Rapsody.

Weakness: CWE-415 (Double Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13844?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Schneider-Electric Ecostruxure Power Build - Rapsody.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-13844?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13844 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-13844 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13844 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Power Build Rapsody

- [CVE-2025-13845](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13845/): Use after free in EcoStruxure Power Build Rapsody (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2021-22697](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22697/): File upload in EcoStruxure Power Build - Rapsody software V2.1.13 and prior. (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2021-22698](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22698/): File upload in EcoStruxure Power Build - Rapsody software V2.1.13 and prior. (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-13844 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-13844 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Power Build Rapsody, published on 15 Jan 2026. 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-2025-13844 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Power Build Rapsody. 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-2025-13844/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13844/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13844
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13844
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-13844

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13844/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.