CVE-2025-41652 Weidmueller: Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Industrial Ethernet Switches
Unauthenticated attackers can bypass authentication on Weidmueller industrial switches via brute-force or hash collisions, gaining unauthorized access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-41652?
CVE-2025-41652 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Weidmueller IE-SW-PL10M-3GT-7TX, published on 27 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The devices are vulnerable to an authentication bypass due to flaws in the authorization mechanism. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this weakness by performing brute-force attacks to guess valid credentials or by using MD5 collision techniques to forge authentication hashes, potentially compromising the device.
Weakness: CWE-328
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-41652?
How do I fix CVE-2025-41652?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-41652 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2025-41652 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-41652 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hmwm-86jc-9m8g.