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CVE-2025-48860VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-48860: Bosch Rexroth ctrlX OS – Setup · Improper Access Control

Affects Bosch Rexroth ctrlX OS – SetupSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.0 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.0High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 26% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 14 Aug 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Bosch Rexroth AG ctrlX OS - SetupAffected
  • =1.20.0
  • =2.6.0
  • =3.6.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-48860, organizations should implement the following specific measures: 1) Immediately restrict access to the ctrlX OS Setup web interface to trusted administrators only, using network segmentation and firewall rules. 2) Enforce strong authentication and authorization policies to limit low-privileged user access to the setup mechanism. 3) Monitor access logs and network traffic for unusual attempts to retrieve backup archives or access the setup interface. 4) Disable or remove unnecessary backup creation features if possible until patches are available. 5) Coordinate with Bosch Rexroth for timely updates and apply security patches as soon as they are released. 6) Conduct regular audits of backup archives to ensure they do not contain excessive sensitive data. 7) Educate users about the risk of social engineering or phishing that could lead to low-privileged account compromise. 8) Employ intrusion detection systems tailored to industrial control environments to detect lateral movement attempts. These targeted actions go beyond generic advice by focusing on access control hardening, monitoring, and operational hygiene specific to the ctrlX OS environment.

Description

A vulnerability in the web application of the ctrlX OS setup mechanism facilitated an authenticated (low privileged) attacker to gain remote access to backup archives created by a user with elevated permissions. Depending on the content of the backup archive, the attacker may have been able to access sensitive data.

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