CVE-2025-52873

HIGH

Cognex In-Sight Explorer & Camera Firmware - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Cognex In-Sight Explorer and In-Sight Camera Firmware expose a telnet-based service on port 23 to allow management operations such as firmware upgrades and device reboots, which require authentication. A user with protected privileges can successfully invoke the SetSystemConfig functionality to modify relevant device properties (such as network settings), contradicting the security model proposed in the user manual.

References (1)

[Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-261-06

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 16.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-732

Status published

Products (5)

Cognex/In-Sight 2000 series 5.x - 6.5.1

Cognex/In-Sight 7000 series 5.x - 6.5.1

Cognex/In-Sight 8000 series 5.x - 6.5.1

Cognex/In-Sight 9000 series 5.x - 6.5.1

Cognex/In-Sight Explorer 5.x - 6.5.1

Published Sep 18, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026