Overview
The cybersecurity community has identified a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-30176, that affects various versions of Siemens’ SIMATIC PCS neo, SINEC NMS, SINEMA Remote Connect, and Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal), including the User Management Component (UMC). This vulnerability can potentially lead to system compromise or data leakage, making it a severe threat that requires immediate attention.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-30176
Severity: Critical, CVSS v3 Score of 7.5
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: Denial of Service, potential system compromise or data leakage
Affected Products
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Product | Affected Versions
SIMATIC PCS neo | V4.1, V5.0
SINEC NMS | All versions
SINEMA Remote Connect | All versions
Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal) | V17, V18, V19, V20
User Management Component (UMC) | All versions < V2.15.1.1
How the Exploit Works
This critical vulnerability arises from an out-of-bounds read buffer overflow within the integrated UMC component of the affected products. An unauthenticated attacker can remotely exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted data to the targeted system. The overflow can cause the system to crash, resulting in a denial of service. In some instances, the exploit may also allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code or access sensitive information.
Conceptual Example Code
The following is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited using a malicious payload.
POST /umc/vulnerable_endpoint HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com
Content-Type: application/json
{ "malicious_payload": "buffer_overflow_string" }
In this example, the “buffer_overflow_string” would be a crafted string of data designed to overflow the buffer and exploit the vulnerability.
It is advisable to apply the vendor-released patches immediately or use WAF/IDS solutions as temporary mitigation to prevent potential exploitation of this vulnerability.

