CVE-2025-41665 Phoenix Contact: DoS of the PLC due to incorrect default permissions possible
A low-privileged remote attacker can cause a denial of service by rebooting the PLC due to incorrect default permissions on a configuration file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-41665?
CVE-2025-41665 is a medium-severity vulnerability in PHOENIX CONTACT AXC F 1152, published on 8 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An low privileged remote attacker can enforce the watchdog of the affected devices to reboot the PLC due to incorrect default permissions of a config file.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-41665?
How do I fix CVE-2025-41665?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-41665 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-41665 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-41665 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x2c5-vc55-gpgh.