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Siemens SCALANCE and RUGGEDCOM Improper Input Validation (CVE-2025-38498)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 505126

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts Ensure that propagation settings can only be changed for mounts located in the caller's mount namespace. This change aligns permission checking with the rest of mount(2).

This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.

Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-089022.html

https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109997626/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 505126

File Name: tenable_ot_siemens_CVE-2025-38498.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/10/2026

Updated: 2/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38498

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xrm334_%28230_v_ac%2c_8xfo%29_firmware:3.3, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xcm324_firmware:3.3, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xrm334_%2824v_dc%2c_2x10g%2c_24xsfp%2c_8xsfp%2b%29_firmware:3.3, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xrm334_%2824_v_dc%2c_8xfo%29_firmware:3.3, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xcm328_firmware:3.3, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xrm334_%28230_v_ac%2c_12xfo%29_firmware:3.3, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xrm334_%2824_v_dc%2c_12xfo%29_firmware:3.3, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xrm334_%28230v_ac%2c_2x10g%2c_24xsfp%2c_8xsfp%2b%29_firmware:3.3, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xrm334_%282x230v_ac%2c_2x10g%2c_24xsfp%2c_8xsfp%2b%29_firmware:3.3, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xrm334_%282x230_v_ac%2c_8xfo%29_firmware:3.3, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xrh334_%2824_v_dc%2c_8xfo%2c_cc%29_firmware:3.3, cpe:/o:siemens:ruggedcom_rst2428p_firmware:3.3, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xcm332_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xrm334_%282x230_v_ac%2c_12xfo%29_firmware:3.3, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xch328_firmware:3.3

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38498

CWE: 20