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CVE-2025-23398 Siemens CVE debrief

CVE-2025-23398 is a high-severity Siemens issue in Teamcenter Visualization and Tecnomatix Plant Simulation. According to the advisory, specially crafted WRL files can trigger memory corruption during parsing, which may allow code execution in the context of the current process. The CISA advisory was published on 2025-03-11 and later revised on 2025-05-06 for typos only.

Vendor
Siemens
Product
Teamcenter Visualization V14.3
CVSS
HIGH 7.8
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2025-03-11
Original CVE updated
2025-05-06
Advisory published
2025-03-11
Advisory updated
2025-05-06

Who should care

Organizations using Siemens Teamcenter Visualization V14.3, V2312, V2406, or V2412, and Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2302 or V2404. This is especially relevant for engineering, manufacturing, and industrial environments where users may open imported 3D or visualization files from outside the trust boundary.

Technical summary

The supplied advisory describes a memory-corruption flaw in WRL file parsing. The CVSS vector is AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating local impact with required user interaction. The likely trigger is opening a crafted WRL file in one of the affected Siemens applications, which could lead to execution in the current process if successfully exploited. Siemens lists fixed versions for each affected product line.

Defensive priority

High. The vulnerability is rated CVSS 7.8 (High), affects multiple Siemens product versions, and may lead to code execution after a user opens an untrusted file.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Update Siemens Teamcenter Visualization V14.3 to V14.3.0.13 or later.
  • Update Siemens Teamcenter Visualization V2312 to V2312.0009 or later.
  • Update Siemens Teamcenter Visualization V2406 to V2406.0007 or later.
  • Update Siemens Teamcenter Visualization V2412 to V2412.0002 or later.
  • Update Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2302 to V2302.0021 or later.
  • Update Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2404 to V2404.0010 or later.
  • Do not open untrusted WRL files in affected applications.
  • Use defense-in-depth controls for industrial/engineering endpoints, including least privilege and file handling restrictions where practical.

Evidence notes

Source evidence comes from the Siemens/CISA CSAF advisory for ICSA-25-072-01, which identifies the affected products, the WRL parsing memory-corruption condition, and the fixed versions. The timeline shows the initial publication date as 2025-03-11 and a later revision on 2025-05-06 with only typo fixes. The CVSS vector supplied with the advisory is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2025-23398 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23398

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2025-23398 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23398

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2025/icsa-25-072-01.json

    cisa_csaf

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-050438.json

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-050438.html

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-072-01

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://us-cert.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf

    Reference

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.