CVE-2025-40945
Local privilege escalation via untrusted search path in Siemens IAM Client SDK.
Is CVE-2025-40945 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-40945 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.16% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-40945?
CVE-2025-40945 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.5. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-40945?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-40945. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-40945 affect?
CVE-2025-40945 affects COMOS (< V10.4.5.0.2, < V10.6.1), Designcenter NX (< V2512.7000), Simcenter 3D (< V2512.7000), Simcenter Femap V2506 (< V2506.0003), and 11 further products or versions. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-40945?
Apply vendor updates to listed fixed versions and restrict/localize privileged local access.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
An authenticated local user can escalate privileges (to admin/SYSTEM) via an untrusted search path, enabling code execution, persistence, or full system control.
Patch when possible
- affected< V10.4.5.0.2
- affected< V10.6.1
- affected< V2512.7000
- affected< V2512.7000
- affected< V2506.0003
- affected< V2512.0002
- affected< V2606
- affected< V2606
- affected< V225.0 Update 13
- affected< V226.0 Update 04
- affected< V2412.0012
- affected< V2506.0009
- affected< V2512.2605
- affected< V2404.0022
- affected< V2504.0010
- affected< V2606
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.