TI-2025-07291 Aliases CVE-2025-7971 GHSA-6643-674m-c2cp

Studio 5000 Logix Designer® – Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

LOW 33CWE-20Published 2025-08-14 · Updated 2025-08-14

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: Passive
Attack complexity: High
Attack requirements: None
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

A security issues exists within Studio 5000 Logix Designer due to unsafe handling of environment variables. If the specified path lacks a valid file, Logix Designer crashes; However, it may be possible to execute malicious code without triggering a crash.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00137 3rd 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: Total

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
Rockwell	Studio 5000 Logix Designer®	V36.00.02	—	No fix listed	CNA

Studio 5000 Logix Designer® VendorRockwell Affected V36.00.02 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-7971
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6643-674m-c2cp

References

Other 1

https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/trust-center/security-advisories/advisory.SD1734.html

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TI-2021-05574 Insufficiently protected credentials in Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Designer… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-02735 Rockwell Automation ThinManager Thinserver Software Vulnerable to Input Validation Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-02733 Rockwell Automation ThinManager Thinserver Software Vulnerable to Input Validation Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2010-02837 The WDB target agent debug service in Wind River VxWorks 6.x, 5.x, and earlier, as used… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-12455 Rockwell Automation ThinManager ThinServer Path Traversal Download CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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