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TI-2025-30401 Aliases CVE-2025-48017GHSA-m57c-xh3v-q656

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Improper limitation of pathname in Circuit Provisioning and File Import applications allows modification and uploading of files

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00461 40th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed SEL-5056 Software-Defined Network Flow Controller (Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories): 2.16.0

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Schweitzer Engineering LaboratoriesSEL-5056 Software-Defined Network Flow Controllerbefore 2.16.02.16.0Patch availableCNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA SEL-5056 Software-Defined Network Flow Controller (Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories) Fixed in 2.16.0

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5056 Software-Defined Network Flow Controller 2.16.0

    4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 3 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2025-30398 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication AttemptsPriority LOW 39
    • TI-2025-30400 Improper Control of Interaction FrequencyPriority LOW 19
    • TI-2025-30399 Observable response discrepancy in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5056…Priority LOW 17

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-48017
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m57c-xh3v-q656

References

  • TI-2023-14886 Insufficient entropy vulnerability could lead to authentication bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-07489 XML external entity injection in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories AcSELerator Architect CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-05537 Improper access control in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. SEL-3620 and SEL-3622 CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2023-17218 Improper authentication could lead to session hijacking CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-14885 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-14859 Improper Input Validation in Web Interface CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
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