Insufficiently protected credentials in Siemens SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-522.
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (All versions < V3.3). Affected SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager Report Clients do not properly protect credentials that are used to authenticate to the server. This could allow an authenticated local attacker to extract the credentials and use them to escalate their access rights from the Manager to the Systemadministrator role.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (Siemens) Fixed in V3.3
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Siemens SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager V3.3
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-21405 Reachable assertion in Siemens SIMATIC RTLS Locating ManagerPriority LOW 29
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-40751
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2pm6-hr95-ggxq
References
More Siemens Simatic Rtls Locating Manager vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-27214 Improper input validation in Siemens SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2020-08108 A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (All versions <… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-08107 Incorrect default permissions in Siemens SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-08106 Incorrect default permissions in Siemens SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2025-21405 Reachable assertion in Siemens SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2020-08111 Improper input validation in Siemens SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-40751 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-40751 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2pm6-hr95-ggxq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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