# CVE-2025-40570: Denial of service in SIPROTEC 5 6MD84 (CP300)

> Attackers can cause a denial of service in Siemens SIPROTEC 5 devices by exploiting a resource exhaustion vulnerability, requiring firmware upgrades to mitigate.

- **Severity:** Low 2.4 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-54cv-chrv-x9h9

## What is CVE-2025-40570?

CVE-2025-40570 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Siemens SIPROTEC 5 6MD84 (CP300), published on 12 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIPROTEC 5 6MD84 (CP300) (All versions < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 6MD85 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 6MD86 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 6MD89 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 6MU85 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7KE85 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7SA82 (CP150) (All versions < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7SA86 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7SA87 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7SD82 (CP150) (All versions < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7SD86 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7SD87 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7SJ81 (CP150) (All versions < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7SJ82 (CP150) (All versions < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7SJ85 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7SJ86 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7SK82 (CP150) (All versions < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7SK85 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7SL82 (CP150) (All versions < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7SL86 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7SL87 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7SS85 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7ST85 (CP300) (All versions < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7ST86 (CP300) (All versions < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7SX82 (CP150) (All versions < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7SX85 (CP300) (All versions < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7SY82 (CP150) (All versions < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7UM85 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7UT82 (CP150) (All versions < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7UT85 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7UT86 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7UT87 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7VE85 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7VK87 (CP300) (All versions >= V7.80 < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 7VU85 (CP300) (All versions < V10.0), SIPROTEC 5 Compact 7SX800 (CP050) (All versions < V10.0). Affected devices do not properly limit the bandwidth for incoming network packets over their local USB port. This could allow an attacker with physical access to send specially crafted packets with high bandwidth to the affected devices thus forcing them to exhaust their memory and stop responding to any network traffic via the local USB port. Affected devices reset themselves automatically after a successful attack. The protection function is not affected of this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-40570?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-40570?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-40570 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-40570 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40570 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-40570 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-40570 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Siemens SIPROTEC 5 6MD84 (CP300), published on 12 Aug 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-2025-40570 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Siemens SIPROTEC 5 6MD84 (CP300). 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-2025-40570/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40570/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40570
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40570
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-40570

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40570/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.