High severity · published Nov 17, 2025
CVE-2025-40936
A vulnerability has been identified in PS/IGES Parasolid Translator Component (All versions < V29.0.258), Simcenter Femap (All versions < V2512.0003), Solid Edge (All versions <…
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability has been identified in PS/IGES Parasolid Translator Component (All versions < V29.0.258), Simcenter Femap (All versions < V2512.0003), Solid Edge (All versions < V226.00 Update 03). The affected applications contains an out of bounds read vulnerability while parsing specially crafted IGS files. This could allow an attacker to crash the application or execute code in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-26755)
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 10% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PP
PS/IGES Parasolid Translator Component · Siemens
before V29.0.258 · source: vendor
SF
Simcenter Femap · Siemens
before V2512.0003 · source: vendor
SE
Solid Edge · Siemens
before V226.00 Update 03 · source: vendor
In the news
VulnerabilityMedium
Siemens Solid Edge
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Summary
Solid Edge uses PS/IGES Parasolid Translator Component that contains an out of bounds read that could be triggered when the application reads files in IGS file formats. If a user is tricked to open a malicious file with any of the affected products, this could lead the application to crash or potentially lead to arbitrary code execution. Siemens has released a new version for Solid Edge and recommends to update to the latest version.
The following versions of Siemens Solid Edge are affected:
Solid Edge: All versions prior to V226.00 Update 03
CVSS
Vendor
Equipment
Vulnerabilities
v3 7.8
Siemens
Siemens Solid Edge
Out-of-bounds Read
Background
Critical Infrastructure Sectors: Critical Manufacturing
Countries/Areas Deployed: Worldwide
Company Headquarters Location: Germany
Vulnerabilities
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CVE-2025-40936
The affected applications contains an out of bounds read vulnerability while parsing specially crafted IGS files. This could allow an attacker to crash the application or execute code in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-26755)
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Affected Products
Siemens Solid Edge
Vendor: Siemens
Product Version: Solid Edge
Product Status: known_affected
Remediations
Vendor fix Update to V226.00 Update 03 or later version
Relevant CWE: CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
Metrics
CVSS Version
Base ...
Feb 12, 2026·CISA Advisories
Affected product
PP
PS/IGES Parasolid Translator Component
Siemens
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40936
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40936
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-241605.html
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-445819.html
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-870926.html
