# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 14 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6w53-8xcr-fffv

## 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 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2025-9178 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9178 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-9178 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9178 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Rockwell Automation 1715-AENTR EtherNet/IP Adapter. 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-2025-9178/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9178/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9178
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9178
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9178

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9178/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.