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title: "CVE-2025-41753: BACnet File Object - Path Traversal"
description: "BACnet File Object contains a path traversal caused by insufficient validation of dynamically created object names, letting unauthenticated remote attackers read or overwrite arbitrary files, exploit requires network access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2025-41753/
---

# CVE-2025-41753 BACnet File Object - Path Traversal

BACnet File Object contains a path traversal caused by insufficient validation of dynamically created object names, letting unauthenticated remote attackers read or overwrite arbitrary files, exploit requires network access.

CVSS base score 9.8 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.59% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41753)

## Details

Type

Path Traversal

Impact

File System Read, File System Write

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

1 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-22](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with proper path validation.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41753](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41753)
- [https://www.certvde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2025-102/](https://www.certvde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2025-102/)

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