CVE-2025-41727
Beckhoff: Performing privileged operations and gaining administrator access
A local low privileged attacker can bypass the authentication of the Device Manager user interface, allowing them to perform privileged operations and gain administrator access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Beckhoff: Performing privileged operations and gaining administrator access
A local low privileged attacker can bypass the authentication of the Device Manager user interface, allowing them to perform privileged operations and gain administrator access.
- Record
CVE-2025-41727- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-420
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-206408
A local low privileged attacker can bypass the authentication of the Device Manager user interface, allowing them to perform privileged operations and gain administrator access.
- Record
EUVD-2025-206408- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f6mf-xjgg-34j8
A local low privileged attacker can bypass the authentication of the Device Manager user...
A local low privileged attacker can bypass the authentication of the Device Manager user interface, allowing them to perform privileged operations and gain administrator access.
- Record
GHSA-f6mf-xjgg-34j8- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-420
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A local low privileged attacker can bypass the authentication of the Device Manager user interface, allowing them to perform privileged operations and gain administrator access.
- Record
CVE-2025-41727- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-420
- 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-2025-41727 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Beckhoff Automation Beckhoff.device.manager.xar, published January 27, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 7th percentile. No source names a fixed version.