VulnerabilityPublished 10 Jul 2025Updated 4 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-2522: Honeywell C300 PCNT02 · Sensitive Information in Resource Not Removed Before Reuse

Affects Honeywell C300 PCNT02Source CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium : upgrade to 520.2 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

6.5Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 18% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 520.2

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: Low: There is some loss of confidentiality. Access to some restricted information is obtained, but the attacker does not have control over what information is obtained, or the amount or kind of loss is limited. The information disclosure does not cause a direct, serious loss to the impacted component.
Integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact on the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 10 Jul 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade Honeywell C300 PCNT02 to 520.2.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Honeywell C300 PCNT02	Affected =530 <520.2 >=322.1 <=322.4 >=330.1 <=330.3	Fixed in 520.2

AI-suggested

European organizations should immediately assess their deployment of Honeywell Experion PKS and OneWireless WDM products to identify affected versions and hardware. The primary mitigation is to apply the vendor-recommended updates to Experion PKS versions 520.2 TCU9 HF1 or later and 530 TCU3 HF1 or later, and OneWireless WDM versions 322.5 and 331.1 or later. Network segmentation should be enforced to isolate industrial control systems from general IT networks and the internet, reducing exposure to remote attacks. Implement strict access controls and monitoring on communication channels to detect anomalies indicative of exploitation attempts. Additionally, organizations should conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments on their ICS environments. Employing intrusion detection systems tailored for industrial protocols can help identify suspicious activities related to communication channel manipulation. Finally, maintain an incident response plan specific to ICS environments to quickly address any exploitation attempts.

Description

The Honeywell Experion PKS and OneWireless WDM contains Sensitive Information in Resource vulnerability in the component Control Data Access (CDA). An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to a Communication Channel Manipulation, which could result in buffer reuse which may cause incorrect system behavior. Honeywell also recommends updating to the most recent version of Honeywell Experion PKS:520.2 TCU9 HF1 and 530.1 TCU3 HF1 and OneWireless: 322.5 and 331.1. The affected Experion PKS products are C300, FIM4, FIM8, UOC, CN100, HCA, C300PM, and C200E. The Experion PKS versions affected are 520.1 before 520.2 TCU9 HF1 and 530 before 530 TCU3. The OneWireless WDM affected versions are 322.1 through 322.4 and 330.1 through 330.3.

Impact

For European organizations, especially those operating critical infrastructure such as energy, manufacturing, or utilities that rely on Honeywell Experion PKS and OneWireless WDM systems, this vulnerability poses a significant risk. Leakage of sensitive control data could enable attackers to gain insights into operational parameters or manipulate communication channels, potentially disrupting industrial processes or causing incorrect system behavior. Such disruptions could lead to operational downtime, safety hazards, or regulatory non-compliance under frameworks like NIS2. The confidentiality breach could also expose sensitive operational data to competitors or threat actors, undermining trust and causing financial or reputational damage. Given the remote exploitability without authentication, attackers could target exposed network interfaces, increasing the risk of widespread impact if systems are not properly segmented or updated.

CWE-226Sensitive Information in Resource Not Removed Before Reuse (opens in a new tab)
Base weakness
The product releases a resource such as memory or a file so that it can be made available for reuse, but it does not clear or "zeroize" the information contained in the resource before the product performs a critical state transition or makes the resource available for reuse by other entities.
Architecture and Design · Implementation
During critical state transitions, information not needed in the next state should be removed or overwritten with fixed patterns (such as all 0's) or random data, before the transition to the next state.
Architecture and Design · Implementation
When releasing, de-allocating, or deleting a resource, overwrite its data and relevant metadata with fixed patterns or random data. Be cautious about complex resource types whose underlying representation might be non-contiguous or change at a low level, such as how a file might be split into different chunks on a…
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V8.3.6 (opens in a new tab)
V8.3.2 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

process.honeywell.com (opens in a new tab)

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 5 Aug 2025, 00:36 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-226

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