Cognex In-Sight 2000 up to 6.5.1 Network Traffic hard-coded password

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cognex In-Sight 2000, In-Sight 7000, In-Sight 8000, In-Sight 9000 and In-Sight Explorer up to 6.5.1. This affects an unknown function of the component Network Traffic Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to hard-coded password. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-54754. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cognex In-Sight 2000, In-Sight 7000, In-Sight 8000, In-Sight 9000 and In-Sight Explorer up to 6.5.1. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Network Traffic Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded password vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-259. The product contains a hard-coded password, which it uses for its own inbound authentication or for outbound communication to external components. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

An attacker with adjacent access, without authentication, can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve a hard-coded password embedded in publicly available software. This password can then be used to decrypt sensitive network traffic, affecting the Cognex device.

The weakness was published by Diego Giubertoni as icsa-25-261-06. The advisory is available at cisa.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-54754 since 08/06/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/19/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1078.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded password
CWE: CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

08/06/2025 CVE reserved
09/19/2025 +44 days Advisory disclosed
09/19/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/19/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: icsa-25-261-06
Researcher: Diego Giubertoni
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-54754 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-54754
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-324970

Entryinfo

Created: 09/19/2025 07:41
Changes: 09/19/2025 07:41 (75)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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