ICSA-25-226-18: Siemens SIMOTION SCOUT, SIMOTION SCOUT TIA, and SINAMICS STARTER
CISA advisory · released 2025-08-12
Source record Collected from CISA's CSAF advisory feed
- Distribution label in the document: TLP:WHITE
- Revision 4, 2026-04-16 (final)
CISA's summary
Summary: SIMOTION SCOUT, SIMOTION SCOUT TIA and SINAMICS STARTER are affected by an XXE injection vulnerability that could allow an attacker to access arbitrary application files. Siemens has released new versions for several affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions. Siemens recommends specific countermeasures for products where fixes are not, or not yet available.
Products, as the advisory lists them
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Siemens | SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.4 | vers:all/* |
| Siemens | SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.5 | vers:all/* |
| Siemens | SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.6 | <V5.6_SP1_HF7 |
| Siemens | SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.7 | <V5.7_SP1_HF1 |
| Siemens | SIMOTION SCOUT V5.4 | vers:all/* |
| Siemens | SIMOTION SCOUT V5.5 | vers:all/* |
| Siemens | SIMOTION SCOUT V5.6 | <V5.6_SP1_HF7 |
| Siemens | SIMOTION SCOUT V5.7 | <V5.7_SP1_HF1 |
| Siemens | SINAMICS STARTER V5.5 | vers:all/* |
| Siemens | SINAMICS STARTER V5.6 | vers:all/* |
| Siemens | SINAMICS STARTER V5.7 | <V5.7_HF2 |
DeSpy has not checked any unit, hardware revision or firmware.
Vulnerabilities in this advisory
- CVE-2025-40584 — CVE-2025-40584 · CWE-611
The affected application contains a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability while parsing specially crafted XML files. This could allow an attacker to read arbitrary files in the system.
Acknowledgments, as the advisory lists them
- Siemens ProductCERT: reported this vulnerability to CISA.
The advisory's legal notice
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Sources
DeSpy's copy of this version is dated 2026-09-28.
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