Password database disclosure via unrestricted file access
Published Sep 9, 2025 · Updated Sep 9, 2025
Information disclosure in all versions of Siemens APOGEE PXC and TALON TC allows remote attackers to download encrypted password databases. Network-connected devices serve sensitive files without access restriction, including an encrypted .db file containing passwords; Siemens does not identify the exposing service or request path. The attack requires network reachability and no authentication, and its reported consequence is encrypted-database disclosure rather than plaintext credential access or device modification.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in all versions of Siemens APOGEE PXC and TALON TC allows remote attackers to download encrypted password databases. Network-connected devices serve sensitive files without access restriction, including an encrypted .db file containing passwords; Siemens does not identify the exposing service or request path. The attack requires network reachability and no authentication, and its reported consequence is encrypted-database disclosure rather than plaintext credential access or device modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-40757
- Published
- Sep 9, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 9, 2025
- Vendor
- Siemens
- Product
- APOGEE PXC Series (P2 Ethernet)
- Classifications
- CWE-200, T1555
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 9, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 9, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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