CVE-2025-65118
CVE-2025-65118 — AVEVA Process Optimization Uncontrolled Search Path Element
The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow an authenticated miscreant (OS Standard User) to trick Process Optimization services into loading arbitrary code and escalate privileges to OS System, potentially resulting in complete compromise of the Model Application Server.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, icscert
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
0%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
8.8
HIGH
CISA SSVC assessment
Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.
Exploitation
None
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
No
can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Total
partial · total control of the vulnerable component
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.8 | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-427
Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.
- T1574.007Hijack Execution Flow: Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable
- T1574.009Hijack Execution Flow: Path Interception by Unquoted Path
- T1574.001Hijack Execution Flow: DLL search order hijacking
References
4 on the record
- www.aveva.com/en/support-and-success/cyber-security-updates/
reference
- softwaresupportsp.aveva.com/en-US/downloads/products/details/a643eaa3-0d85-4fde-ac11-5239e87a68ea
reference
- www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-015-01
reference
- github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsa-26-015-01.json
reference
Elsewhere on this site
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.