# CVE-2025-3394: Vulnerability in user management of Automation Builder

> Incorrect permission assignment in ABB Automation Builder allows attackers to bypass authorization controls and potentially escalate privileges or modify data.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 30 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fcmj-55j6-4jm8

## What is CVE-2025-3394?

CVE-2025-3394 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ABB Automation Builder, published on 30 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in ABB Automation Builder.This issue affects Automation Builder: through 2.8.0.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3394?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Abb Automation Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-3394?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3394 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-3394 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3394 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ABB Automation Builder

- [CVE-2025-3395](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3395/): Information disclosure in Automation Builder (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2022-31216](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31216/): Drive Composer Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-31217](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31217/): Drive Composer Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-31218](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31218/): Drive Composer Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-31219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31219/): Drive Composer Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-3394 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-3394 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ABB Automation Builder, published on 30 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3394 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ABB Automation Builder. 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-2025-3394/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3394/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3394
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3394
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-3394

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3394/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.