# CVE-2025-9036: Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Action Manager v1.0.0 Runtime Vulnerability

> Unauthenticated local attackers can intercept reusable API tokens broadcasted over WebSocket, enabling unauthorized access to the runtime event system.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/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:** 14 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 14 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hqjr-c587-3gpw

## What is CVE-2025-9036?

CVE-2025-9036 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Action Manager, published on 14 Aug 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

A security issue in the runtime event system allows unauthenticated connections to receive a reusable API token. This token is broadcasted over a WebSocket and can be intercepted by any local client listening on the connection.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9036?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-9036?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9036 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-9036 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9036 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-9036 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-9036 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Action Manager, published on 14 Aug 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-2025-9036 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Action Manager. 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-2025-9036/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9036/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9036
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9036
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9036

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9036/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.