CVE-2025-11918

Rockwell Automation Arena® suffers from a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of DOE files. Local attackers are able to exploit this issue to potentially execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Arena®. Exploiting the vulnerability requires opening a malicious DOE file.

CVSS v3 7.3 HIGH

7.3^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.3 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/trust-center/security-advisories/advisory.SD1763.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:rockwellautomation:arena:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-11-14 14:15

Updated : 2025-11-17 17:48

NVD link : CVE-2025-11918

Mitre link : CVE-2025-11918

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-11918

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Products Affected

rockwellautomation

arena

CWE

CWE-121

Stack-based Buffer Overflow

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