High 7.7Published Sep 18, 2025

CVE-2025-53947Cognex In-Sight Explorer and In-Sight Camera Firmware Incorrect Default Permissions

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 1:50 PM ET)

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Every CVE for Cognex In-Sight 2000 series

Exploited in the last 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.

CVSS: 7.7 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-276
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: icscert
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Sep 19, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 18, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Cognex In-Sight 2000 series cognex:in_sight_2000_series (from the name)	from 5.x through 6.5.1	CNA record
Cognex In-Sight 7000 series cognex:in_sight_7000_series (from the name)	from 5.x through 6.5.1	CNA record
Cognex In-Sight 8000 series cognex:in_sight_8000_series (from the name)	from 5.x through 6.5.1	CNA record
Cognex In-Sight 9000 series cognex:in_sight_9000_series (from the name)	from 5.x through 6.5.1	CNA record
Cognex In-Sight Explorer cognex:in_sight_explorer (from the name)	from 5.x through 6.5.1	CNA record

References

References

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-261-06

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