Rockwell Automation Arena® - Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
A security issue exists within Arena® Simulation due to a memory corruption vulnerability in the linker.exe (Siman) component. The vulnerability stems from improper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an out-of-bounds write. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process by convincing a user to open a malicious file.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-8313
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h5wm-63j8-q5vc
References
More Rockwell Arena vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-10142 Use after free in Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation Software versions 16.00.00 and… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2023-13840 Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation Software Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-13839 Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation Software Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-10153 A maliciously crafted program file opened by an unsuspecting user of Rockwell Automation… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2019-10151 Type confusion in Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation Software CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2023-13841 Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation Software Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-8313 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-8313 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h5wm-63j8-q5vc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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