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Thu, October 16, 2025

Rockwell FactoryTalk Linx MSI Privilege Chaining Flaw

⚠️ Rockwell Automation disclosed two privilege-chaining vulnerabilities in FactoryTalk Linx (versions 6.40 and prior) that allow authenticated Windows users to escalate to SYSTEM privileges by hijacking MSI repair console windows. The issues are tracked as CVE-2025-9067 and CVE-2025-9068 and carry a CVSS v4 base score of 8.5 (CVSS v3.1 7.8). Rockwell recommends applying the Microsoft MSI patch and upgrading to FactoryTalk Linx 6.50 or later; CISA notes these flaws are not remotely exploitable and no public exploitation has been reported.

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Thu, August 14, 2025

Rockwell FactoryTalk Linx Access Control Flaw Risk

⚠️ Rockwell Automation's FactoryTalk Linx contains an improper access control vulnerability in the Network Browser that can be triggered by changing process.env.NODE_ENV to 'development', which disables FTSP token validation. An attacker with local access could create, modify, or delete Linx drivers on affected systems running versions prior to 6.50. The issue is tracked as CVE-2025-7972 (CVSS v4: 8.4) and Rockwell advises updating to 6.50 or applying recommended mitigations and network isolation.

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