CVE-2025-64691
AVEVA Process Optimization Code Injection
The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow an authenticated miscreant (OS standard user) to tamper with TCL Macro scripts and escalate privileges to OS system, potentially resulting in complete compromise of the model application server.
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
9.3
AVEVA Process Optimization Code Injection
The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow an authenticated miscreant (OS standard user) to tamper with TCL Macro scripts and escalate privileges to OS system, potentially resulting in complete compromise of the model application server.
- Record
CVE-2025-64691- CVSS 4.0
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-2994
9.3
The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow an authenticated miscreant (OS standard user) to tamper with TCL Macro scripts and escalate privileges to OS system, potentially resulting in complete compromise of the model application server.
- Record
EUVD-2026-2994- CVSS 4.0
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c2v5-hpfr-gw62
9.3
The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow an authenticated miscreant (OS standard user) to...
The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow an authenticated miscreant (OS standard user) to tamper with TCL Macro scripts and escalate privileges to OS system, potentially resulting in complete compromise of the model application server.
- Record
GHSA-c2v5-hpfr-gw62- CVSS 4.0
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
9.3
The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow an authenticated miscreant (OS standard user) to tamper with TCL Macro scripts and escalate privileges to OS system, potentially resulting in complete compromise of the model application server.
- Record
CVE-2025-64691- CVSS 4.0
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-94
- 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-2025-64691 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Aveva Process Optimization, published January 16, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.29%, the 21st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
aveva.com/en/support-and-success/cyber-security-updates
softwaresupportsp.aveva.com/en-US/downloads/products/details/a643eaa3-0d85-4fde-ac11-5239e87a68ea
cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-015-01
github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsa-26-015-01.json
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64691
github.com/advisories/GHSA-c2v5-hpfr-gw62