CVE-2025-48860 Missing authorization in ctrlX OS - Setup
A low-privileged attacker can access sensitive backup archives created by elevated users in the ctrlX OS web application.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-48860?
CVE-2025-48860 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Bosch Rexroth AG ctrlX OS - Setup, published on 14 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A vulnerability in the web application of the ctrlX OS setup mechanism facilitated an authenticated (low privileged) attacker to gain remote access to backup archives created by a user with elevated permissions. Depending on the content of the backup archive, the attacker may have been able to access sensitive data.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48860?
How do I fix CVE-2025-48860?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48860 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-48860 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48860 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-75wr-g5rh-mp8f.