🛡️ CVE-2025-40736 — sinec-nms

🔴 CVSS 9.8 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-306 NVD
9.8
CVSS Score
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Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC NMS (All versions < V4.0). The affected application exposes an endpoint that allows an unauthorized modification of administrative credentials. This could allow an unauthenticated attacker to reset the superadmin password and gain full control of the application (ZDI-CAN-26569).

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-40736 is classified as CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function. A sensitive function can be reached without authenticating at all.

Affected software

CVE-2025-40736 is recorded against 1 package.

  • sinec-nms (fixed in 4.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 8 July 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

cert-portal.siemens.com

Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-306
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-07-08
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
sinec-nms — 4.0

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