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CVE-2025-26389 Siemens CVE debrief
CVE-2025-26389 is a critical Siemens OZW Web Servers vulnerability affecting OZW672 and OZW772. According to the CISA CSAF advisory and Siemens references, the web service does not sanitize input parameters for the `exportDiagramPage` endpoint, which can allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Because the attack is network-based and requires no user interaction or authentication, this issue should be treated as urgent for exposed industrial environments.
- Vendor
- Siemens
- Product
- OZW672
- CVSS
- CRITICAL 10
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in stored evidence
- Original CVE published
- 2025-05-13
- Original CVE updated
- 2025-05-13
- Advisory published
- 2025-05-13
- Advisory updated
- 2025-05-13
Who should care
OT/ICS operators and security teams running Siemens OZW672 or OZW772, especially any environment where the web service is reachable from untrusted networks. System integrators, asset owners, and defenders responsible for patching or segmenting Siemens building or industrial control assets should prioritize this advisory.
Technical summary
The advisory describes an input-sanitization failure in the `exportDiagramPage` endpoint of affected Siemens web services. The resulting impact is unauthenticated remote code execution with root privileges. The supplied CVSS vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating a high-severity network-reachable issue with no privileges required and no user interaction needed.
Defensive priority
Immediate. This is a critical, network-reachable RCE affecting OT-facing web services, with no authentication required and full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact stated in the advisory.
Recommended defensive actions
- Apply the vendor fix and update affected devices to V8.0 or later, as specified in the Siemens remediation guidance.
- Inventory Siemens OZW672 and OZW772 assets and confirm whether the affected web service is deployed or exposed.
- Restrict network access to the web interface and place affected devices behind appropriate segmentation and access controls.
- Review the Siemens and CISA advisory references for product-specific remediation guidance before maintenance windows.
- Validate remediation after patching by confirming the device reports the intended version and that the web service exposure is reduced.
Evidence notes
The debrief is based on the supplied CISA CSAF source item for ICSA-25-135-10 and the embedded Siemens references. The source explicitly states that unsanitized input parameters in `exportDiagramPage` can enable an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Product scope, remediation version, and severity vector were taken from the provided corpus only.
Sources and references
Verified primary and authoritative sources
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CVE-2025-26389 CVE Program record
Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified
URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-26389
CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.
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CVE-2025-26389 NVD vulnerability detail
Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified
URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-26389
NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.
Supplemental references
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Source item URL
Unverified legacy reference
URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2025/icsa-25-135-10.json
cisa_csaf
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Source reference
Unverified legacy reference
URL: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-047424.json
Reference
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Source reference
Unverified legacy reference
URL: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-047424.html
Reference
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Source reference
Unverified legacy reference
URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-135-10
Reference
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Source reference
Unverified legacy reference
URL: https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01
Reference
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Source reference
Unverified legacy reference
URL: https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices
Reference
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Source reference
Unverified legacy reference
URL: https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems
Reference
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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.