CVE-2025-40578
Severity
5.3MEDIUM
EPSS
0.2%
top 59.48%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 13
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N