Beckhoff: Performing privileged operations and gaining administrator access
Priority LOW 35CWE-420Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- 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 local low privileged attacker can bypass the authentication of the Device Manager user interface, allowing them to perform privileged operations and gain administrator access.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00178 7th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Beckhoff.Device.Manager.XAR (Beckhoff Automation): 2.5.3MDP software package for TwinCAT/BSD (Beckhoff Automation): 1.7.0.0+1 more product
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckhoff Automation | Beckhoff.Device.Manager.XAR | 0.0.0 to before 2.5.3 | 2.5.3 | Patch available | CNA |
| Beckhoff Automation | MDP software package for TwinCAT/BSD | 0.0.0 to before 1.7.0.0 | 1.7.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| Beckhoff Automation | MDP for Beckhoff RT Linux(R) | 0.0.0 to before 0.0.5 | 0.0.5 | Patch available | CNA |
- Beckhoff.Device.Manager.XAR VendorBeckhoff Automation Affected 0.0.0 to before 2.5.3 Fixed in 2.5.3 Patch available CNA
- MDP software package for TwinCAT/BSD VendorBeckhoff Automation Affected 0.0.0 to before 1.7.0.0 Fixed in 1.7.0.0 Patch available CNA
- MDP for Beckhoff RT Linux(R) VendorBeckhoff Automation Affected 0.0.0 to before 0.0.5 Fixed in 0.0.5 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Beckhoff.Device.Manager.XAR (Beckhoff Automation) Fixed in 2.5.3
- Fix · CNA MDP software package for TwinCAT/BSD (Beckhoff Automation) Fixed in 1.7.0.0
- Fix · CNA MDP for Beckhoff RT Linux(R) (Beckhoff Automation) Fixed in 0.0.5
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Beckhoff.Device.Manager.XAR, MDP for Beckhoff RT Linux(R), MDP software package for TwinCAT/BSD 0.0.5, 1.7.0.0, 2.5.3
3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-27690 Beckhoff: Information leak via Beckhoff Device ManagerPriority MEDIUM 57
- TI-2025-27688 Beckhoff: Arbitrary code execution within privileged processesPriority MEDIUM 41
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-41727
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f6mf-xjgg-34j8
References
More Beckhoff Automation vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-27690 Beckhoff: Information leak via Beckhoff Device Manager CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2025-27688 Beckhoff: Arbitrary code execution within privileged processes CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-27728 Beckhoff: XSS Vulnerability in TwinCAT 3 HMI Server CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-41727 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-41727 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f6mf-xjgg-34j8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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