CVE-2025-13911

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 16 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.25% (16th) EPSS
CVSS 6.4 · medium
Is it mine?
4 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

Ignition by Inductive Automation, when installed with default OS service account settings, may expose the host system to an elevated code execution risk via the gateway backup restore functionality. An authenticated user with Gateway Administrator privileges can import a malicious gateway backup (.gwbk) file containing crafted project resources, scripts, or modules, resulting in code execution on the host system. This affects both Windows and Linux installations. On Windows, default installations often run the Ignition service as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM, resulting in code execution with full local system privileges. On Linux, default installations commonly run the Ignition service as root or with elevated privileges. Specific privilege level depends on installation configuration.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • FixedIgnitioncisa_csaf_ot

    Mitigation guidance covering OS-level service account hardening for both Windows and Linux is available in Annex A of the Ignition Security Hardening Guide. Application-level controls under a default installation are in development.

  • MitigationIgnitioncisa_csaf_ot

    Inductive Automation encourages users to do the following in order to reduce the risk of this vulnerability:

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.3
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.4–7.3

v3.16.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · CISA US
v3.16.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov USexploitability 0.5 · impact 5.9
v4.07.3highCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v4.07.3highCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov US
v4.04.4mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-250USCWE-250US
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affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • ICSA-25-352-01Inductive Automation Ignition (Update A)2025-12-18icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS

    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to be granted direct SYSTEM-level code execution on the host operating system running the Ignition Gateway service on Windows systems.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdcisa_csaf_otNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2025-12-18modified 2026-08-28
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references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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