Resource exhaustion in Phoenix Contact Fl Nat 2008
CVE-2025-41693
A low privileged remote attacker can use the ssh feature to execute commands directly after login. The process stays open and uses resources which leads to a reduced performance of the management functions. Switching functionality is not affected.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (41.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 41.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Phoenix Contact Fl Nat 2008 — versions 0.0.0
- Phoenix Contact Fl Nat 2208 — versions 0.0.0
- Phoenix Contact Fl Nat 2304-2gc-2sfp — versions 0.0.0
- Phoenix Contact Fl Switch 2005 — versions 0.0.0
- Phoenix Contact Fl Switch 2008 — versions 0.0.0
- Phoenix Contact Fl Switch 2008f — versions 0.0.0
- Phoenix Contact Fl Switch 2016 — versions 0.0.0
- Phoenix Contact Fl Switch 2105 — versions 0.0.0
- Phoenix Contact Fl Switch 2108 — versions 0.0.0
- Phoenix Contact Fl Switch 2116 — versions 0.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- certvde.com/de/advisories/VDE-2025-071 (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-41693?
- CVE-2025-41693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phoenix Contact Fl Nat 2008, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-12-09.
- How severe is CVE-2025-41693?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.