Vulnerability in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Sel-5056 Software-Defined Network Flow Controller

CVE-2025-48016

OpenFlow discovery protocol can exhaust resources because it is not rate limited

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 10.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-48016: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-48016?
CVE-2025-48016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Sel-5056 Software-Defined Network Flow Controller, classified under CWE-799. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-05-20.
How severe is CVE-2025-48016?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.