CVE-2025-9178 Rockwell Automation 1715 EtherNet/IP Comms Module Denial-Of-Service Vulnerability
Attackers can cause a denial of service in Rockwell Automation 1715 EtherNet/IP Adapters by sending crafted CIP payloads, requiring a restart to recover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-9178?
CVE-2025-9178 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Rockwell Automation 1715-AENTR EtherNet/IP Adapter, published on 14 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A denial-of-service security issue exists in the affected product and version. The security issue is caused through CIP communication using crafted payloads. The security issue could result in no CIP communication with 1715 EtherNet/IP Adapter.A restart is required to recover.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9178?
How do I fix CVE-2025-9178?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9178 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-9178 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9178 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6w53-8xcr-fffv.