Is CVE-2025-40574 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-40574 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-40574?

CVE-2025-40574 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-40574?

CVE-2025-40574 has an EPSS score of 0.12% (2th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2025-40574?

No published fix for CVE-2025-40574 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-40574

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (6GK5998-3GS00-2AC2) (All versions < V4.0 HF0). Affected devices do not properly assign permissions to critical ressources. This could allow a non-privileged local attacker to interact with the backupmanager service.

CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.12%probability of exploitation in 30 days

2ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 2% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

cert-portal.siemens.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2011-3923	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-15379	Critical	9.8	86%	-	-
CVE-2018-1000207	High	7.2	64%	-	-
CVE-2023-32986	High	8.8	63%	-	-
CVE-2021-44521	Critical	9.1	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-13374	Medium	4.3	38%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-07-08.