CVE-2025-61692

Arbitrary code execution via crafted-file use-after-free

Published Oct 2, 2025 · Updated Oct 2, 2025

Use after free in KEYENCE Corporation VT STUDIO 8.53 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code through a crafted file. KEYENCE has not disclosed the affected file parser, freed object, or operation that reuses the dangling reference. A user must open or otherwise make VT STUDIO process the file; successful exploitation runs code in the application's security context.

CVSS severity7.1
High
EPSS probability0.14%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Use after free in KEYENCE Corporation VT STUDIO 8.53 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code through a crafted file. KEYENCE has not disclosed the affected file parser, freed object, or operation that reuses the dangling reference. A user must open or otherwise make VT STUDIO process the file; successful exploitation runs code in the application's security context.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-61692
Published
Oct 2, 2025
Updated
Oct 2, 2025
Vendor
KEYENCE CORPORATION
Product
VT STUDIO
Classifications
CWE-416, T1204.002
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

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

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=8.53 and prior

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

KEYENCE CORPORATION · VT STUDIOversion=8.53 and prior

Published CVSS scores

7.8JPCERT/CCCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.1JPCERT/CCCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-416Use After Free
T1204.002User Execution: Malicious File

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