Out-of-bounds Read in Beckhoff Automation Beckhoff.device.manager.xar
CVE-2025-41728
A low privileged remote attacker may be able to disclose confidential information from the memory of a privileged process by sending specially crafted calls to the Device Manager web service that cause an out-of-bounds read operation under certain circumstances due to ASLR and thereby potentially copy confidential information into a response.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (26.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Beckhoff Automation Beckhoff.device.manager.xar — versions 0.0.0
- Beckhoff Automation Mdp For Rt Linux(r) — versions 0.0.0
- Beckhoff Automation Mdp Software Package For Twincat/bsd — versions 0.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-41728?
- CVE-2025-41728 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Beckhoff Automation Beckhoff.device.manager.xar, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-01-27.
- How severe is CVE-2025-41728?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.