# CVE-2025-9067: Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Linx Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

> Authenticated attackers can hijack a repair process to launch a command prompt with SYSTEM privileges, gaining full control over the system.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 14 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wvvx-h9cj-x5m6

## What is CVE-2025-9067?

CVE-2025-9067 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Linx, published on 14 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A security issue exists within the x86 Microsoft Installer File (MSI), installed with FTLinx. Authenticated attackers with valid Windows user credentials can initiate a repair and hijack the resulting console window. This allows the launching of a command prompt running with SYSTEM-level privileges, allowing full access to all files, processes, and system resources.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9067?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rockwellautomation Factorytalk Linx.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-9067?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9067 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-9067 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9067 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Linx

- [CVE-2020-27251](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27251/): Memory corruption in FactoryTalk Linx (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-12001](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12001/): Path traversal in FactoryTalk Linx, RSLinx Classic, Connected Components Workbench, ControlFLASH Plus, FactoryTalk Asset Centre, FactoryTalk Linx CommDTM, Studio 5000 Launcher, Studio 5000 Logix Designer software (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-9068](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9068/): Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Linx Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2025-7972](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7972/): Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Linx Network Browser Security Bypass Vulnerability (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2023-29464](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29464/): Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Linx Vulnerable to Denial-of-Service and Information Disclosure (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-9067 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-9067 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Linx, published on 14 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9067 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Linx. 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-2025-9067/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9067/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9067
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9067
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9067

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9067/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.