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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-8453

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management vulnerability exists that could cause privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution when a privileged engineer user with console access m

Published Aug 20, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 20, 2025 · Schneider Electric Saitel DP RTU

Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8453. EPSS is 0.19%. Act only if a listed version of Schneider Electric Saitel DP RTU 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
High8.4
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.19%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor Schneider Electric Saitel DP RTU Versions 11.06.34 and prior

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management vulnerability exists that could cause privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution when a privileged engineer user with console access modifies a configuration file used by a root-level daemon to execute custom scripts.

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 Schneider Electric Saitel DP RTU Versions 11.06.34 and priorVersions 11.06.34 and prior

How to fix CVE-2025-8453

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-2025-8453. EPSS is 0.19%. Act only if a listed version of Schneider Electric Saitel DP RTU is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Schneider Electric Saitel DP RTU Versions 11.06.34 and prior Versions 11.06.34 and prior. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.19%. 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 20, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management vulnerability exists that could cause privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution when a privileged engineer user with console access modifies a configuration file used by a root-level daemon to execute custom scripts.

  2. Aug 20, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management vulnerability exists that could cause privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution when a privileged engineer user with console access modifies a configuration file used by a root-level daemon to execute custom scripts.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-8453

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-8453

    30-day exploitation probability 0.19%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-25276

    CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management vulnerability exists that could cause privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution when a privileged engineer user with console access modifies a configuration file used by a root-level daemon to execute custom scripts.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 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 22, 2026
  • EUVDOct 22, 2026