Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518 MFP Use of Externally-Controlled Format String (CVE-2025-68816)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 505823

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 505823

File Name: tenable_ot_siemens_CVE-2025-68816.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 7/27/2026

Updated: 7/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.69

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_cpu_firmware:3.1.6, cpe:/o:siemens:siplus_s7-1500_cpu_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68816

CWE: 134

ICSA: 26-209-04

Detections

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