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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-7972

A security issue exists within the FactoryTalk Linx Network Browser.

Published Aug 14, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 14, 2025 · Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Linx

Last checked Oct 29, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-7972. EPSS is 0.50%. Act only if a listed version of Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Linx is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.4
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.50%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Linx All prior to 6.50

A security issue exists within the FactoryTalk Linx Network Browser. By modifying the process.env.NODE_ENV to ‘development’, the attacker can disable FTSP token validation. This bypass allows access to create, update, and delete FTLinx drivers.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Linx All prior to 6.50All prior to 6.50

How to fix CVE-2025-7972

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-2025-7972. EPSS is 0.50%. Act only if a listed version of Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Linx is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Linx All prior to 6.50 All prior to 6.50. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.50%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 14, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    A security issue exists within the FactoryTalk Linx Network Browser. By modifying the process.env.NODE_ENV to ‘development’, the attacker can disable FTSP token validation. This bypass allows access to create, update, and delete FTLinx drivers.

  2. Aug 14, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    A security issue exists within the FactoryTalk Linx Network Browser. By modifying the process.env.NODE_ENV to ‘development’, the attacker can disable FTSP token validation. This bypass allows access to create, update, and delete FTLinx drivers.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-7972

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-7972

    30-day exploitation probability 0.50%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-24826

    A security issue exists within the FactoryTalk Linx Network Browser. By modifying the process.env.NODE_ENV to ‘development’, the attacker can disable FTSP token validation. This bypass allows access to create, update, and delete FTLinx drivers.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 29, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 20, 2026