An adjacent attacker without authentication can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve a set of user-privileged credentials. These credentials are present during the firmware upgrade procedure.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

Cognex reports that In-Sight Explorer based vision systems are legacy products not intended for new applications. To reduce risk, asset owners are advised to switch to next generation In-Sight Vision Suite based vision systems, such as the In-Sight 2800, In-Sight 3800, In-Sight 8900 series embedded cameras.

History

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Thu, 18 Sep 2025 22:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An adjacent attacker without authentication can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve a set of user-privileged credentials. These credentials are present during the firmware upgrade procedure. An adjacent attacker without authentication can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve a set of user-privileged credentials. These credentials are present during the firmware upgrade procedure.
Title Cognex In-Sight Explorer and In-Sight Camera Firmware Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An adjacent attacker without authentication can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve a set of user-privileged credentials. These credentials are present during the firmware upgrade procedure.
Title Cognex In-Sight Explorer and In-Sight Camera Firmware Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Weaknesses CWE-319
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-18T22:27:10.326Z

Reserved: 2025-08-06T16:32:41.259Z

Link: CVE-2025-47698

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-09-18T21:15:47.733

Modified: 2025-09-18T23:15:34.180

Link: CVE-2025-47698

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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