Rockwell Automation Arena® suffers from a
stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the
parsing of DOE files. Local attackers are able to exploit this issue to
potentially execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Arena®. Exploiting
the vulnerability requires opening a malicious DOE file.
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to version 16.20.11 and later


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Description Rockwell Automation Arena® suffers from a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of DOE files. Local attackers are able to exploit this issue to potentially execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Arena®. Exploiting the vulnerability requires opening a malicious DOE file.
Title Rockwell Automation Arena® Simulation Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-121
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Rockwell

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-14T15:44:16.712Z

Reserved: 2025-10-17T14:31:53.014Z

Link: CVE-2025-11918

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-11-14T14:15:45.993

Modified: 2025-11-14T14:15:45.993

Link: CVE-2025-11918

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