# CVE-2025-40936: Memory corruption in PS/IGES Parasolid Translator Component

> Attackers can execute code or crash Siemens CAD applications by tricking users into opening malicious IGS files.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 9 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-295f-pwgh-q72q

## What is CVE-2025-40936?

CVE-2025-40936 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Siemens PS/IGES Parasolid Translator Component, published on 17 Nov 2025. 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

A vulnerability has been identified in PS/IGES Parasolid Translator Component (All versions < V29.0.258), Simcenter Femap (All versions < V2512.0003), Solid Edge (All versions < V226.00 Update 03). The affected applications contains an out of bounds read vulnerability while parsing specially crafted IGS files. This could allow an attacker to crash the application or execute code in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-26755)

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-40936?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-40936?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-40936 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-40936 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40936 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-40936 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-40936 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Siemens PS/IGES Parasolid Translator Component, published on 17 Nov 2025. 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-2025-40936 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Siemens PS/IGES Parasolid Translator Component. 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-2025-40936/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40936/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40936
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40936
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-40936

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40936/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.