CVE-2025-52873: Cognex In-Sight 2000 Series

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Cognex In-Sight Explorer and In-Sight Camera Firmware expose a telnet-based service on port 23 to allow management operations such as firmware upgrades and device reboots, which require authentication. A user with protected privileges can successfully invoke the SetSystemConfig functionality to modify relevant device properties (such as network settings), contradicting the security model proposed in the user manual.

Affected products

• Cognex In-Sight 2000 Series: from 5, up to and including 6.5.1
• Cognex In-Sight 7000 Series: from 5, up to and including 6.5.1
• Cognex In-Sight 8000 Series: from 5, up to and including 6.5.1
• Cognex In-Sight 9000 Series: from 5, up to and including 6.5.1
• Cognex In-Sight Explorer: from 5, up to and including 6.5.1

Published 2025-09-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.