CVE-2025-48496

Local service interruption via uncontrolled resource search

Published Jul 10, 2025 · Updated Jul 11, 2025

Uncontrolled search path handling in Emerson ValveLink products before 14.0 allows local users to interrupt the application. The software searches a fixed or controlled resource path containing a location that unintended actors can control; the exact resource-loading locus is undisclosed. Exploitation requires local access and a high-complexity condition, and the published consequence is limited to availability with no disclosed failure mode.

CVSS severity5.9
Medium
EPSS probability0.18%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Uncontrolled search path handling in Emerson ValveLink products before 14.0 allows local users to interrupt the application. The software searches a fixed or controlled resource path containing a location that unintended actors can control; the exact resource-loading locus is undisclosed. Exploitation requires local access and a high-complexity condition, and the published consequence is limited to availability with no disclosed failure mode.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-48496
Published
Jul 10, 2025
Updated
Jul 11, 2025
Vendor
Emerson Electric Co.
Product
ValveLink DTM
Classifications
CWE-427
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jul 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <ValveLink 14.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Emerson Electric Co. · ValveLink DTMversion=0 <ValveLink 14.0
Emerson Electric Co. · ValveLink SNAP-ONversion=0 <ValveLink 14.0
Emerson Electric Co. · ValveLink Soloversion=0 <ValveLink 14.0
Emerson Electric Co. · ValveLink PLUG-IN for PRMversion=0 <ValveLink 14.0

Published CVSS scores

5.1ICS-CERTCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.9ICS-CERTCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Attacks

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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)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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