# Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow in PROFINET Service

CVE record · `CVE-2025-41769`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2025-41769`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 9.3 Critical
- **Critical:** Yes: CVSS 9+
- **CNA:** CERTVDE
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-120](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/120.html)
- **Tags:** [Memory corruption](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/memory-corruption.md)
- **Technologies:** [Phoenix Contact AXC F 1152](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-axc-f-1152.md) · [Phoenix Contact AXC F 1252](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-axc-f-1252.md) · [Phoenix Contact AXC F 2152](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-axc-f-2152.md) · [Phoenix Contact AXC F 3152](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-axc-f-3152.md) · [Phoenix Contact BPC 9102S](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-bpc-9102s.md) · [Phoenix Contact BPC 9202S](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-bpc-9202s.md) · [Phoenix Contact RFC 4072R](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-rfc-4072r.md) · [Phoenix Contact RFC 4072S](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-rfc-4072s.md) · [Phoenix Contact VL3 UPC 2440 EDGE](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-vl3-upc-2440-edge.md) · [Phoenix Contact VPLCNEXT CONTROL 1000](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-vplcnext-control-1000.md) · [Phoenix Contact VPLCNEXT CONTROL 2000](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-vplcnext-control-2000.md) · [Phoenix Contact VPLCNEXT CONTROL 3000](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-vplcnext-control-3000.md) · [Phoenix Contact VPLCNEXT CONTROL 500](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-vplcnext-control-500.md) · [Phoenix Contact EPC 1502](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-epc-1502.md) · [Phoenix Contact EPC 1522](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-epc-1522.md)
- **Published:** 12 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 13 Aug 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: CERTVDE) at 12 Aug 2026, 08:05 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- CVSS score 9.3: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Phoenix Contact. Product: AXC F 1152.
  - affected: `2019.0.4 to before 2026.0.3` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Phoenix Contact. Product: AXC F 1252.
  - affected: `2019.0.4 to before 2026.0.3` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Phoenix Contact. Product: AXC F 2152.
  - affected: `2019.0.4 to before 2026.0.3` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Phoenix Contact. Product: AXC F 3152.
  - affected: `2019.0.4 to before 2026.0.3` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Phoenix Contact. Product: BPC 9102S.
  - affected: `2019.0.4 to before 2026.0.3` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Phoenix Contact. Product: BPC 9202S.
  - affected: `2019.0.4 to before 2026.0.3` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Phoenix Contact. Product: RFC 4072R.
  - affected: `2019.0.4 to before 2026.0.3` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Phoenix Contact. Product: RFC 4072S.
  - affected: `2019.0.4 to before 2026.0.3` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Phoenix Contact. Product: VL3 UPC 2440 EDGE.
  - affected: `2019.0.4 to before 2026.0.3` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Phoenix Contact. Product: VPLCNEXT CONTROL 1000.
  - affected: `2019.0.4 to before 2026.0.3` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Phoenix Contact. Product: VPLCNEXT CONTROL 2000.
  - affected: `2019.0.4 to before 2026.0.3` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Phoenix Contact. Product: VPLCNEXT CONTROL 3000.
  - affected: `2019.0.4 to before 2026.0.3` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Phoenix Contact. Product: VPLCNEXT CONTROL 500.
  - affected: `2019.0.4 to before 2026.0.3` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Phoenix Contact. Product: EPC 1502.
  - affected: `2019.0.4 to before 2026.0.3` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Phoenix Contact. Product: EPC 1522.
  - affected: `2019.0.4 to before 2026.0.3` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 9.3 Critical, CVSS 4.0: `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`, from CNA (CERTVDE) (used for this record)
- 9.8 Critical, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (CERTVDE)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0084, the 57th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 12 Aug 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2025-41769](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-41769)
- [NVD: CVE-2025-41769](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41769)

### References from the CNA

- <https://phoenixcontact.csaf-tp.certvde.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2026/vde-2025-056.json>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2025-41769>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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