WAGO: Switches affected by year 2k38 problem
Priority LOW 20CWE-190Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A low privileged attacker can set the date of the devices to the 19th of January 2038 an therefore exceed the 32-Bit time limit. This causes the date of the switch to be set back to January 1st, 1970.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00293 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAGO | Fully Managed Switches 0852-0303 | all | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| WAGO | Fully Managed Switches 0852-1305 | all | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| WAGO | Fully Managed Switches 0852-1305/0000-0001 | all | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| WAGO | Fully Managed Switches 0852-1505 | all | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| WAGO | Fully Managed Switches 0852-1505/0000-0001 | all | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| WAGO | Lean Managed Switches 0852-1812 | all | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| WAGO | Lean Managed Switches 0852-1812/0010-0000 | all | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| WAGO | Lean Managed Switches 0852-1813 | all | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| WAGO | Lean Managed Switches 0852-1813/0000-0001 | all | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| WAGO | Lean Managed Switches 0852-1813/0010-0000 | all | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| WAGO | Lean Managed Switches 0852-1813/0010-0001 | all | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| WAGO | Lean Managed Switches 0852-1816 | all | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| WAGO | Lean Managed Switches 0852-1816/0010-0000 | all | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Fully Managed Switches 0852-0303 VendorWAGO Affected all Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Fully Managed Switches 0852-1305 VendorWAGO Affected all Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Fully Managed Switches 0852-1305/0000-0001 VendorWAGO Affected all Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Fully Managed Switches 0852-1505 VendorWAGO Affected all Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Fully Managed Switches 0852-1505/0000-0001 VendorWAGO Affected all Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Lean Managed Switches 0852-1812 VendorWAGO Affected all Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Lean Managed Switches 0852-1812/0010-0000 VendorWAGO Affected all Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Lean Managed Switches 0852-1813 VendorWAGO Affected all Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Lean Managed Switches 0852-1813/0000-0001 VendorWAGO Affected all Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Lean Managed Switches 0852-1813/0010-0000 VendorWAGO Affected all Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Lean Managed Switches 0852-1813/0010-0001 VendorWAGO Affected all Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Lean Managed Switches 0852-1816 VendorWAGO Affected all Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Lean Managed Switches 0852-1816/0010-0000 VendorWAGO Affected all Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-1235
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fh88-hcg6-h76m
References
More WAGO vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-01594 WAGO: WBM Command Injection in multiple products CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-06893 eap.c in pppd in ppp 2.4.2 through 2.4.8 has an rhostname buffer overflow in the eap_request and eap_response functions. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-09314 An issue was discovered on WAGO e!DISPLAY 762-3000 through 762-3003 devices with firmware… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-18921 Unauthenticated File Read via Web Interface CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9
- TI-2026-18391 Stack Overflow via Oversized Cookie Fields in lighttpd CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-18390 Stack Overflow via SESSIONID Cookie in lighttpd CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-1235 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-1235 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fh88-hcg6-h76m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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