CVE-2025-41688
High Privilege RCE via LUA Sandbox Escape
A high privileged remote attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands using an undocumented method allowing to escape the implemented LUA sandbox.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
High Privilege RCE via LUA Sandbox Escape
A high privileged remote attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands using an undocumented method allowing to escape the implemented LUA sandbox.
- Record
CVE-2025-41688- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-653
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-23258
A high privileged remote attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands using an undocumented method allowing to escape the implemented LUA sandbox.
- Record
EUVD-2025-23258- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c9gc-5qvw-jf2c
A high privileged remote attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands using an undocumented method...
A high privileged remote attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands using an undocumented method allowing to escape the implemented LUA sandbox.
- Record
GHSA-c9gc-5qvw-jf2c- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-653
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A high privileged remote attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands using an undocumented method allowing to escape the implemented LUA sandbox.
- Record
CVE-2025-41688- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-653
- 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-2025-41688 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Helmholz Rex 200/250, published July 31, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.76%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.