CVE-2025-40761: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox MX5000

High severity, CVSS 7.6. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000RE (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536 (All versions), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000 (All versions). Affected devices do not properly limit access through its Built-In-Self-Test (BIST) mode. This could allow an attacker with physical access to the serial interface to bypass authentication and get access to a root shell on the device.

Affected products

• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox MX5000: any version
• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox MX5000RE: any version
• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox RX1400: any version
• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox RX1500: any version
• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox RX1501: any version
• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox RX1510: any version
• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox RX1511: any version
• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox RX1512: any version
• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox RX1524: any version
• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox RX1536: any version
• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox RX5000: any version

Published 2025-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.