OpenSSL CVE-2025-41721: Unsanitized Elements Enable Command Param Injection
CVE-2025-41721 Published on October 22, 2025

Sauter: Command Injection
A high privileged remote attacker can influence the parameters passed to the openssl command due to improper neutralization of special elements when adding a password protected self-signed certificate.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-41721 can be exploited with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
HIGH
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
LOW
Availability Impact:
NONE

Weakness Type

What is a Command Injection Vulnerability?

The software constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component.

CVE-2025-41721 has been classified to as a Command Injection vulnerability or weakness.


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Affected Versions

Sauter modulo 6 devices modu680-AS: Sauter modulo 6 devices modu660-AS: Sauter modulo 6 devices modu612-LC: Sauter EY-modulo 5 modu 5 modu524: Sauter EY-modulo 5 modu 5 modu525: Sauter EY-modulo 5 ecos 5 ecos504/505:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.03%
Percentile
9.38%

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