Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-61943

The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow an authenticated miscreant (Process Optimization Standard User) to tamper with queries in Captive Historian and achieve code execution

Published Jan 16, 2026 · catalog updated Jan 16, 2026 · AVEVA Process Optimization

Last checked Nov 5, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-61943. EPSS is 0.32%. Act only if a listed version of AVEVA Process Optimization is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Critical9.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.32%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor AVEVA Process Optimization 0 ≤2024.1

The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow an authenticated miscreant (Process Optimization Standard User) to tamper with queries in Captive Historian and achieve code execution under SQL Server administrative privileges, potentially resulting in complete compromise of the SQL Server.

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  • vendor AVEVA Process Optimization 0 ≤2024.10 ≤2024.1

How to fix CVE-2025-61943

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-61943. EPSS is 0.32%. Act only if a listed version of AVEVA Process Optimization is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with AVEVA Process Optimization 0 ≤2024.1 0 ≤2024.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.32%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jan 16, 2026 · EUVD

    Detected

    The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow an authenticated miscreant (Process Optimization Standard User) to tamper with queries in Captive Historian and achieve code execution under SQL Server administrative privileges, potentially resulting in complete compromise of the SQL Server.

  2. Jan 16, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow an authenticated miscreant (Process Optimization Standard User) to tamper with queries in Captive Historian and achieve code execution under SQL Server administrative privileges, potentially resulting in complete compromise of the SQL Server.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-61943

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-61943

    30-day exploitation probability 0.32%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2026-2988

    The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow an authenticated miscreant (Process Optimization Standard User) to tamper with queries in Captive Historian and achieve code execution under SQL Server administrative privileges, potentially resulting in complete compromise of the SQL

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 5, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 5, 2026
  • CVE.orgNov 5, 2026
  • EUVDNov 5, 2026