Arena
CVE-2025-11918
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2021 - Vulnerable and Outdated Components
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Stack buffer bounds checking
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, high complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.01%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026
Rockwell Automation Arena® suffers from a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is no authentication required. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-121. Rockwell Automation Arena® suffers from a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of DOE files. Local attackers are able to exploit this issue to potentially execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Arena®. Exploiting the vulnerability requires opening a malicious DOE file. Affected products include: Rockwellautomation Arena.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Primary rating from Vendor (rockwellautomation) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: rockwellautomation
DescriptionCVE.org
Rockwell Automation Arena® suffers from a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of DOE files. Local attackers are able to exploit this issue to potentially execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Arena®. Exploiting the vulnerability requires opening a malicious DOE file.
Executive ViewAI
CVE-2025-11918 presents moderate security risk, a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability rated CVSS 7.1. Exploitation could allow attackers to corrupt memory, crash the application, or potentially execute arbitrary code. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and consider compensating controls in the interim.
Apply vendor patch. If immediate patching is not feasible: (1) Enable ASLR and DEP where available; (2) Implement network segmentation; (3) Monitor for exploitation indicators.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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EPSS
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
A stack-based buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a buffer located on the stack than it was allocated to hold.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
An arbitrary code execution vulnerability contained in Rockwell Automation's Arena Simulation software was reported that
An arbitrary code execution vulnerability contained in Rockwell Automation's Arena Simulation software was reported that
OpenForis Arena before 2019-05-07 allows SQL injection in the sorting feature. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this
Arbitrary code execution in Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation is possible through an out-of-bounds write in the siman
Arbitrary code execution in Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation is possible through an out-of-bounds write in the linke
Arbitrary code execution in Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation is possible through an out-of-bounds write in the expmt
Arbitrary code execution in Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation is possible through an out-of-bounds write in the model
An arbitrary code execution vulnerability contained in Rockwell Automation's Arena Simulation software was reported that
A local code execution vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation Arena® due to a stack-based memory buffer overflo
A local code execution vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation Arena® due to a threat actor being able to read o
A local code execution vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation Arena® due to a stack-based memory buffer overflo
A local code execution vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation Arena® due to a threat actor being able to read o
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