# CVE-2025-54818: Cognex In-Sight Explorer and In-Sight Camera Firmware Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

> An adjacent attacker can intercept cleartext credentials transmitted over TCP port 1069 to gain unauthorized access to Cognex In-Sight cameras.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/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:** 18 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 19 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-87gj-4m36-p6h7

## What is CVE-2025-54818?

CVE-2025-54818 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cognex In-Sight 2000 series, published on 18 Sep 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

Cognex In-Sight Explorer and In-Sight Camera Firmware expose 

a proprietary protocol on TCP port 1069 to perform management operations
 such as modifying system properties. The user management functionality 
handles sensitive data such as registered usernames and passwords over 
an unencrypted channel, allowing an adjacent attacker to intercept valid
 credentials to gain access to the device.

Weakness: CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54818?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-54818?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-54818 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-54818 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54818 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-54818 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-54818 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cognex In-Sight 2000 series, published on 18 Sep 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-2025-54818 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cognex In-Sight 2000 series. 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-2025-54818/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54818/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54818
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54818
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-54818

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54818/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.