CVE-2025-40945 Privilege escalation in COMOS V10.4.5
An authenticated local attacker can escalate privileges via an untrusted search path in the IAM Client SDK of various Siemens engineering applications.
- 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-2025-40945?
CVE-2025-40945 is a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens COMOS V10.4.5, published on 14 Jul 2026. 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 COMOS V10.4.5 (All versions < V10.4.5.0.2), COMOS V10.6 (All versions < V10.6.1), Designcenter NX (All versions < V2512.7000), Simcenter 3D (All versions < V2512.7000), Simcenter Femap V2506 (All versions < V2506.0003), Simcenter Femap V2512 (All versions < V2512.0002), Simcenter Nastran (All versions < V2606), Simcenter STAR-CCM+ (All versions < V2606), Solid Edge SE2025 (All versions < V225.0 Update 13), Solid Edge SE2026 (All versions < V226.0 Update 04), Teamcenter Visualization V2412 (All versions < V2412.0012), Teamcenter Visualization V2506 (All versions < V2506.0009), Teamcenter Visualization V2512 (All versions < V2512.2605), Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2404 (All versions < V2404.0022), Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2504 (All versions < V2504.0010), Tecnomatix Process Simulate (All versions < V2606). Untrusted search path in IAM Client SDK may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Weakness: CWE-426
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-40945?
How do I fix CVE-2025-40945?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-40945 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-40945 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40945 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fh68-jj27-gphg.