Vulnerability in Cognex In-Sight 2000 Series
CVE-2025-54860
Cognex In-Sight Explorer and In-Sight Camera Firmware expose a telnet-based service on port 23 in order to allow management operations on the device such as firmware upgrades and device reboot requiring an authentication. A wrong management of login failures of the service allows a denial-of-service attack, leaving the telnet service into an unreachable state.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.001 (2.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 2nd percentile — 2.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cognex In-Sight 2000 Series — versions 5.x
- Cognex In-Sight 7000 Series — versions 5.x
- Cognex In-Sight 8000 Series — versions 5.x
- Cognex In-Sight 9000 Series — versions 5.x
- Cognex In-Sight Explorer — versions 5.x
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-54860?
- CVE-2025-54860 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cognex In-Sight 2000 Series, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2025-09-18.
- How severe is CVE-2025-54860?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.