CVE-2025-47698

Credential disclosure via cleartext firmware-upgrade traffic

Published Sep 18, 2025 · Updated Sep 19, 2025

Cleartext credential transmission in Cognex In-Sight 5.x through 6.5.1 allows attackers to retrieve user credentials. During firmware upgrades, In-Sight Explorer sends user-privileged credentials over the proprietary camera protocol without transport protection. An unauthenticated attacker must be on the same network segment and wait for an upgrade exchange, exposing credentials without directly changing camera state.

CVSS severity8.6
High
EPSS probability0.14%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Cleartext credential transmission in Cognex In-Sight 5.x through 6.5.1 allows attackers to retrieve user credentials. During firmware upgrades, In-Sight Explorer sends user-privileged credentials over the proprietary camera protocol without transport protection. An unauthenticated attacker must be on the same network segment and wait for an upgrade exchange, exposing credentials without directly changing camera state.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-47698
Published
Sep 18, 2025
Updated
Sep 19, 2025
Vendor
Cognex
Product
In-Sight 2000 Series
Classifications
CWE-319, T1040
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 18, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 19, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=5.x <=6.5.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Cognex · In-Sight 2000 Seriesversion=5.x <=6.5.1
Cognex · In-Sight 7000 Seriesversion=5.x <=6.5.1
Cognex · In-Sight 8000 Seriesversion=5.x <=6.5.1
Cognex · In-Sight 9000 Seriesversion=5.x <=6.5.1
Cognex · In-Sight Explorerversion=5.x <=6.5.1

Published CVSS scores

8.6ICS-CERTCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-319Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
T1040Network Sniffing

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