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SICK Enterprise Analytics CVE-2025-58580

MEDIUM
Improper Output Neutralization for Logs (CWE-117)
2025-10-06 psirt@sick.de
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Reach logging API endpoint over network
  2. Exploit
    Send crafted POST with malicious log data
  3. Execution
    Endpoint writes entries without validation
  4. Impact
    Audit logs falsified or diluted

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A09:2025 - Security Logging & Alerting Failures
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Log output neutralization
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires network reachability to the specific SICK Enterprise Analytics API endpoint that accepts log-creation POST requests; the flaw is the absence of input validation on that endpoint, allowing arbitrary/forged log entries. Per the CVSS vector (PR:N/UI:N) no authentication or user interaction is required, so in deployments where this API is network-exposed, a remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger it. The practical limiting factors are network exposure of the analytics API (industrial deployments are often segmented behind OT/ICS network boundaries, per the referenced CISA ICS recommended practices) and the fact that impact is confined to log/audit integrity rather than system compromise.

Impact

This is a moderate-severity, low-priority issue. The input CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, base 5.3) indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated flaw, but with impact limited strictly to integrity (I:L) and no confidentiality or availability consequence - consistent with CWE-117 (improper output neutralization for logs / log injection). The EPSS score of 0.36% (28th percentile) signals low near-term exploitation probability, and there is no CISA KEV listing and no public proof-of-concept, so all exploitation signals point the same direction: this is a genuine but low-urgency weakness rather than an active threat. No SSVC decision data was provided. The signals are internally consistent - the only caveat is that log falsification is a secondary/enabling weakness (it undermines audit integrity and incident response) rather than a direct compromise vector, so its practical risk depends heavily on how much the environment relies on these logs for security monitoring. Note that the 'Information Disclosure' tag conflicts with the CVSS vector (C:N, no confidentiality impact) and the CWE-117 classification; treat that tag as suspect.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker sends crafted POST requests to the exposed logging API endpoint of SICK Enterprise Analytics, injecting forged or malformed log entries that are written without input validation. By flooding or spoofing log data, the attacker dilutes genuine events, forges misleading records, or hides traces of other activity, undermining audit integrity and incident investigation. No public exploit is required - the operation is a straightforward unauthenticated HTTP request per the CVSS vector.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 09, 2026

SICK Enterprise Analytics exposes an API endpoint that accepts POST requests and writes attacker-supplied content into application logs without adequate input validation, allowing forged, misleading, or duplicate log entries to be injected into the audit trail. Because the assessed CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, no authentication or user interaction is required, so any remote party who can reach the exposed analytics API can abuse it - though the impact is limited to low-severity integrity loss (C:N/I:L/A:N) rather than system compromise. Exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis' (EPSS 0.36%, 28th percentile; not listed in CISA KEV), and practical risk depends heavily on whether the API is reachable from untrusted networks, since industrial deployments are often segmented behind OT/ICS boundaries.

RemediationAI

No exact fixed version was included in the provided data, so the authoritative source is SICK PSIRT advisory SCA-2025-0010 (https://www.sick.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/sca-2025-0010.json), which should be checked for the current patched Enterprise Analytics release and any vendor-supplied configuration hardening guidance; apply that update as the primary fix. Because no vendor-released patch version is identified at time of analysis, compensating controls should be layered: restrict network reachability to the log-creation API endpoint so that only trusted management hosts or an authenticated reverse proxy can POST to it, and segment the analytics platform behind OT/ICS network boundaries per the referenced CISA ICS Recommended Practices (https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices) - the trade-off is that stricter segmentation or proxy-based authentication can break legitimate log-forwarding integrations and adds operational overhead in industrial environments. Additionally, forward Enterprise Analytics logs in near-real-time to an append-only, integrity-checked collector (WORM store or remote syslog with cryptographic hashing), and monitor for anomalous entry rates, duplicated records, or embedded control characters; this detects log-forging attempts but cannot retroactively validate entries already injected, and it requires additional logging infrastructure. Finally, review and sanitize/validate inbound log payloads at any fronting gateway where possible (reject CR/LF and unexpected field lengths), accepting that such filtering may reject malformed but legitimate application traffic.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause class is CWE-117 (Improper Output Neutralization for Logs) - a log-injection/log-forging weakness. The product provides an API endpoint that creates log entries via HTTP POST, but it does not validate or neutralize the supplied values before persisting them. This typically permits injection of control characters (e.g., CR/LF) or crafted field content so that a single request appears as multiple entries, spoofs the identity/timestamp/source of an entry, or floods the log with noise that drowns out genuine events. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:sick:enterprise_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* uses a wildcard version, indicating the weakness applies across the SICK Enterprise Analytics product line as documented in SICK security advisory SCA-2025-0010 (reported by psirt@sick.de). Unlike code execution or authentication bypass flaws in the same class of CWE root causes, the security consequence here is confined to audit-trail integrity (I:L) with no confidentiality or availability impact in the assessed vector, meaning the primary harm is degraded forensic evidence, falsified operational records, or obscured incident detection rather than direct compromise of the analytics platform.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.3 MEDIUM

Unauthenticated network POST to an unvalidated logging endpoint (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); impact limited to log integrity, so I:L with C:N and A:N.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

DescriptionNVD

An API endpoint allows arbitrary log entries to be created via POST request. Without sufficient validation of the input data, an attacker can create manipulated log entries and thus falsify or dilute logs, for example.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 72% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche industrial analytics product from sensor vendor SICK
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.4%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

cpe:2.3:a:sick:enterprise_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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