CVE-2025-53947: Cognex In-Sight 2000 Series

High severity, CVSS 7.7. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A local attacker with low privileges on the Windows system where the software is installed can exploit this vulnerability to corrupt sensitive data. A data folder is created with very weak privileges, allowing any user logged into the Windows system to modify its content.

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.