Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published May 13, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-40578
CVE-2025-40578
Description
A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (6GK5998-3GS00-2AC2) (All versions). Affected devices do not properly handle multiple incoming Profinet packets received in rapid succession. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending multiple packets in a very short time frame, which leads to a crash of the dcpd process.
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Affected products
30+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 0
- (no CPE)range: All versions
- cpe:2.3:o:siemens:scalance_lpe9403_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-327438.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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