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ICSA-25-135-12: Siemens SIMATIC PCS ↗ source

May 15, 2025 CISA ICS Advisory

Summary

Affected products do not correctly invalidate user sessions upon user logout. This could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker, who has obtained the session token by other means, to re-use a legitimate user's session even after logout. Siemens has released new versions for the affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions. CVE-2025-40566: Affected products do not correctly invalidate user sessions upon user logout. This could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker, who has obtained the session token by other means, to re-use a legitimate user's session even after logout.

Advisory Details CISA ICS CSAF feed

Advisory ID
ICSA-25-135-12
Status
Final · version 1
Initial release
2025-05-13
Last revised
2025-05-13
Vendor
Siemens
Critical infrastructure sectors
Critical Manufacturing, Transportation Systems, Energy, Healthcare and Public Health, Financial Services, Government Services and Facilities
Deployed
Worldwide
Vendor headquarters
Germany

Republished vendor advisory. This ICSA is a verbatim republication of Siemens ProductCERT SSA-339086 from a direct conversion of their vendor's Common Security Advisory Framework (CSAF) advisory. This is republished to CISA's website as a means of increasing visibility and is provided "as-is" for informational purposes only. CISA is not responsible for the editorial or technical accuracy of republished advisories and provides no warranties of any kind regarding any information contained within this advisory. Further, CISA…

General Recommendations: As a general security measure, Siemens strongly recommends to protect network access to devices with appropriate mechanisms. In order to operate the devices in a protected IT environment, Siemens recommends to configure the environment according to Siemens' operational guidelines for Industrial Security (Download: https://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security), and to follow the recommendations in the product manuals. Additional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity

Additional Resources: For further inquiries on security vulnerabilities in Siemens products and solutions, please contact the Siemens ProductCERT: https://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories

Credit: Siemens ProductCERT

Affected products (2)
  • SIMATIC PCS neo V4.1 — <V4.1_Update_3
  • SIMATIC PCS neo V5.0 — <V5.0_Update_1

From CISA's machine-readable CSAF 2.0 advisory (JSON).

Vulnerabilities as Stated by the Advisory

CVEWeaknessCVSS v3Details
CVE-2025-40566 CWE-613 Insufficient Session Expiration 8.8 High CVE-2025-40566
Affected products do not correctly invalidate user sessions upon user logout. This could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker, who has obtained the session token by other means, to re-use a legitimate user's session even after logout.

Vendor fix: Update to V4.1 Update 3 or later version ↗

Vendor fix: Update to V5.0 Update 1 or later version ↗

Affected, fixed & timeline

Affected:

  • SIMATIC PCS neo V4.1 <V4.1_Update_3
  • SIMATIC PCS neo V5.0 <V5.0_Update_1

Scores and weakness types are as CISA or the republishing vendor stated them in this advisory; the linked CVE pages carry the independently enriched CVSS and SSVC assessments.

News Coverage

No coverage found in monitored research blogs or news feeds.

CVEs Referenced in This Publication

CVECVSSAffected
CVE-2025-40566 8.8 High Siemens SIMATIC PCS neo V4.1 A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo V4.1 (All versions < V4.1 Update 3), SIMATIC PCS neo V5.0 (All versions < V5.0 Update 1). Affe…

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Vendors Named in This Publication

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