CODESYS Control Boot Application Replacement Enables Code Execution
Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-669Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A low-privileged remote attacker may be able to replace the boot application of the CODESYS Control runtime system, enabling unauthorized code execution.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00446 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed CODESYS Control RTE (SL) (CODESYS): 3.5.22.0CODESYS Control RTE (for Beckhoff CX) SL (CODESYS): 3.5.22.0+14 more products
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CODESYS | CODESYS Control RTE (SL) | 0.0.0 to before 3.5.22.0 | 3.5.22.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| CODESYS | CODESYS Control RTE (for Beckhoff CX) SL | 0.0.0 to before 3.5.22.0 | 3.5.22.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| CODESYS | CODESYS Control Win (SL) | 0.0.0 to before 3.5.22.0 | 3.5.22.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| CODESYS | CODESYS HMI (SL) | 0.0.0 to before 3.5.22.0 | 3.5.22.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| CODESYS | CODESYS Runtime Toolkit | 0.0.0 to before 3.5.22.0 | 3.5.22.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| CODESYS | CODESYS Control for BeagleBone SL | 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 | 4.21.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| CODESYS | CODESYS Control for emPC-A/iMX6 SL | 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 | 4.21.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| CODESYS | CODESYS Control for IOT2000 SL | 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 | 4.21.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| CODESYS | CODESYS Control for Linux ARM SL | 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 | 4.21.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| CODESYS | CODESYS Control for Linux SL | 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 | 4.21.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| CODESYS | CODESYS Control for PFC100 SL | 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 | 4.21.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| CODESYS | CODESYS Control for PFC200 SL | 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 | 4.21.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| CODESYS | CODESYS Control for PLCnext SL | 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 | 4.21.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| CODESYS | CODESYS Control for Raspberry Pi SL | 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 | 4.21.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| CODESYS | CODESYS Control for WAGO Touch Panels 600 SL | 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 | 4.21.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| CODESYS | CODESYS Virtual Control SL | 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 | 4.21.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- CODESYS Control RTE (SL) VendorCODESYS Affected 0.0.0 to before 3.5.22.0 Fixed in 3.5.22.0 Patch available CNA
- CODESYS Control RTE (for Beckhoff CX) SL VendorCODESYS Affected 0.0.0 to before 3.5.22.0 Fixed in 3.5.22.0 Patch available CNA
- CODESYS Control Win (SL) VendorCODESYS Affected 0.0.0 to before 3.5.22.0 Fixed in 3.5.22.0 Patch available CNA
- CODESYS HMI (SL) VendorCODESYS Affected 0.0.0 to before 3.5.22.0 Fixed in 3.5.22.0 Patch available CNA
- CODESYS Runtime Toolkit VendorCODESYS Affected 0.0.0 to before 3.5.22.0 Fixed in 3.5.22.0 Patch available CNA
- CODESYS Control for BeagleBone SL VendorCODESYS Affected 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 Fixed in 4.21.0.0 Patch available CNA
- CODESYS Control for emPC-A/iMX6 SL VendorCODESYS Affected 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 Fixed in 4.21.0.0 Patch available CNA
- CODESYS Control for IOT2000 SL VendorCODESYS Affected 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 Fixed in 4.21.0.0 Patch available CNA
- CODESYS Control for Linux ARM SL VendorCODESYS Affected 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 Fixed in 4.21.0.0 Patch available CNA
- CODESYS Control for Linux SL VendorCODESYS Affected 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 Fixed in 4.21.0.0 Patch available CNA
- CODESYS Control for PFC100 SL VendorCODESYS Affected 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 Fixed in 4.21.0.0 Patch available CNA
- CODESYS Control for PFC200 SL VendorCODESYS Affected 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 Fixed in 4.21.0.0 Patch available CNA
- CODESYS Control for PLCnext SL VendorCODESYS Affected 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 Fixed in 4.21.0.0 Patch available CNA
- CODESYS Control for Raspberry Pi SL VendorCODESYS Affected 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 Fixed in 4.21.0.0 Patch available CNA
- CODESYS Control for WAGO Touch Panels 600 SL VendorCODESYS Affected 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 Fixed in 4.21.0.0 Patch available CNA
- CODESYS Virtual Control SL VendorCODESYS Affected 0.0.0 to before 4.21.0.0 Fixed in 4.21.0.0 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA CODESYS Control RTE (SL) (CODESYS) Fixed in 3.5.22.0
- Fix · CNA CODESYS Control RTE (for Beckhoff CX) SL (CODESYS) Fixed in 3.5.22.0
- Fix · CNA CODESYS Control Win (SL) (CODESYS) Fixed in 3.5.22.0
- Fix · CNA CODESYS HMI (SL) (CODESYS) Fixed in 3.5.22.0
- Fix · CNA CODESYS Runtime Toolkit (CODESYS) Fixed in 3.5.22.0
- Fix · CNA CODESYS Control for BeagleBone SL (CODESYS) Fixed in 4.21.0.0
- Fix · CNA CODESYS Control for emPC-A/iMX6 SL (CODESYS) Fixed in 4.21.0.0
- Fix · CNA CODESYS Control for IOT2000 SL (CODESYS) Fixed in 4.21.0.0
- Fix · CNA CODESYS Control for Linux ARM SL (CODESYS) Fixed in 4.21.0.0
- Fix · CNA CODESYS Control for Linux SL (CODESYS) Fixed in 4.21.0.0
- Fix · CNA CODESYS Control for PFC100 SL (CODESYS) Fixed in 4.21.0.0
- Fix · CNA CODESYS Control for PFC200 SL (CODESYS) Fixed in 4.21.0.0
- Fix · CNA CODESYS Control for PLCnext SL (CODESYS) Fixed in 4.21.0.0
- Fix · CNA CODESYS Control for Raspberry Pi SL (CODESYS) Fixed in 4.21.0.0
- Fix · CNA CODESYS Control for WAGO Touch Panels 600 SL (CODESYS) Fixed in 4.21.0.0
- Fix · CNA CODESYS Virtual Control SL (CODESYS) Fixed in 4.21.0.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
CODESYS Control RTE (SL), CODESYS Control RTE (for Beckhoff CX) SL and 13 more products 3.5.22.0, 4.21.0.0
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-03023 CODESYS Control Audit Log Format String DoSPriority LOW 39
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-41660
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-25xg-52c8-p9q8
References
More CODESYS vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-12888 CODESYS Control Runtime system before 3.5.17.10 has a Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-10180 Stack-based buffer overflow in CODESYS V3 web server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-13604 CODESYS V2 web server: crafted requests could trigger a null pointer dereference (DoS) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2020-08257 CODESYS V3 web server before 3.5.15.40, as used in CODESYS Control runtime systems, has a buffer overflow. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-13592 CODESYS 3 web server before 3.5.15.20, as distributed with CODESYS Control runtime systems, has a Buffer Overflow. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-03937 Unrestricted file upload in 3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH CODESYS Web Server CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-41660 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-41660 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-25xg-52c8-p9q8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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