Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5056 Software-Defined Network Flow Controller up to 2.15.x Circuit Provisioning/File Import path traversal

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5056 Software-Defined Network Flow Controller up to 2.15.x. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Circuit Provisioning/File Import. This manipulation causes path traversal. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-48017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5056 Software-Defined Network Flow Controller up to 2.15.x. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Circuit Provisioning/File Import. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper limitation of pathname in Circuit Provisioning and File Import applications allows modification and uploading of files

It is possible to read the advisory at selinc.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-48017 since 05/15/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.16.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories

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• SEL-5056 Software-Defined Network Flow Controller

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• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15

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