CVE-2025-40751 Hardcoded credentials in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager
An authenticated local attacker can extract unprotected credentials from Report Clients to escalate privileges to Systemadministrator in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-40751?
CVE-2025-40751 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager, 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 SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (All versions < V3.3). Affected SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager Report Clients do not properly protect credentials that are used to authenticate to the server. This could allow an authenticated local attacker to extract the credentials and use them to escalate their access rights from the Manager to the Systemadministrator role.
Weakness: CWE-522
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-40751?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Siemens Simatic Rtls Locating Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2025-40751?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-40751 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-40751 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40751 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Siemens SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager
- CVE-2025-40746 Command injection in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager
- CVE-2020-10050 A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (All versions < V2.10.2).
- CVE-2020-10051 Command injection in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager
- CVE-2020-10049 Command injection in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager
- CVE-2025-30034 Denial of service in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2pm6-hr95-ggxq.