CVE-2025-59866 Privilege escalation in DFMPro for CATIA
A local attacker can overwrite installer executables due to insecure permissions, leading to privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-59866?
CVE-2025-59866 is a low-severity vulnerability in HCLSoftware DFMPro for CATIA, published on 17 Jul 2026. 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
The HCL DFMPro, DFXAnalytics and DFXServer installers are affected by ‘Insecure file permissions Leading to Privilege Escalation’ vulnerability, which enables any logged-in non-administrative user to overwrite or replace the executable file with a malicious binary.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59866?
How do I fix CVE-2025-59866?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-59866 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-59866 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59866 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xrg7-hrrm-57fm.