CVE-2025-26500
VxWorks 7 USB Failure
: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Wind River Systems VxWorks 7 on VxWorks allows Excessive Allocation.
Specifically crafted USB packets may lead to the system becoming unavailable
This issue affects VxWorks 7: from 22.06 through 24.03.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
VxWorks 7 USB Failure
: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Wind River Systems VxWorks 7 on VxWorks allows Excessive Allocation.
Specifically crafted USB packets may lead to the system becoming unavailable
This issue affects VxWorks 7: from 22.06 through 24.03.
- Record
CVE-2025-26500- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-7199
: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Wind River Systems VxWorks 7 on VxWorks allows Excessive Allocation.
Specifically crafted USB packets may lead to the system becoming unavailable
This issue affects VxWorks 7: from 22.06 through 24.03.
- Record
EUVD-2025-7199- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ppcr-7c68-6c88
: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Wind River Systems VxWorks 7 on VxWorks...
: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Wind River Systems VxWorks 7 on VxWorks allows Excessive Allocation.
Specifically crafted USB packets may lead to the system becoming unavailable
This issue affects VxWorks 7: from 22.06 through 24.03.
- Record
GHSA-ppcr-7c68-6c88- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Wind River Systems VxWorks 7 on VxWorks allows Excessive Allocation.
Specifically crafted USB packets may lead to the system becoming unavailable
This issue affects VxWorks 7: from 22.06 through 24.03.
- Record
CVE-2025-26500- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-26500 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Wind River Systems Vxworks 7, published March 21, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 12th percentile. No source names a fixed version.