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CVE-2025-8453 is a privilege management vulnerability in Schneider Electric Saitel Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), disclosed in a CISA advisory on August 28, 2025. The flaw affects Saitel DR RTU firmware versions 11.06.29 and earlier, and Saitel DP RTU firmware versions 11.06.34 and earlier. With a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.7, it allows an authenticated engineer with console access to escalate privileges by modifying a configuration file executed by a root-level daemon, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability is part of a broader set of nine critical ICS advisories published by CISA, highlighting ongoing risks in industrial control systems from vendors including Mitsubishi Electric, Delta Electronics, and others. Operators are urged to apply patches and harden networks.
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    CISA ICS Advisories Aug 28 2025: 9 Critical Vulnerabilities Across OT Vendors

    CISA on August 28, 2025, published a batch of nine Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories covering critical vulnerabilities across Mitsubishi Electric, Schneider Electric, Delta Electronics, GE Vernova, Hitachi Energy, and ICONICS/Mitsubishi integrations — a coordinated disclosure that...
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    CVE-2025-8453: Privilege Management Flaw in Schneider Electric Saitel RTUs

    Schneider Electric has published an advisory—republished by CISA—about an improper privilege management vulnerability in its Saitel family of Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) that has been assigned CVE‑2025‑8453 and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.7, affecting Saitel DR RTU firmware versions...
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