CVE-2025-13911

MediumCVSS 6.4

Published: 18/12/2025(UTC)Updated: 28/08/2026(UTC)Translated: 28/08/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.25%

16th percentile - higher than 16% of all known CVEs

Summary

Ignition by Inductive Automation, when installed with default OS service account settings, may expose the host system to elevated code execution risk via the gateway backup restore functionality. An authenticated user with Gateway Administrator privileges can import a malicious gateway backup (.gwbk) file containing crafted project resources, scripts, or modules, resulting in code execution on the host system.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can gain full control over the operating system, especially when the service runs with SYSTEM (Windows) or root (Linux) privileges, potentially leading to complete host compromise.

Recommendation

Restrict the Ignition service account privileges to the minimum required, implement access controls on the backup restore functionality, and verify the integrity of .gwbk files before importing them.

Other vulnerabilities in Ignition

CVE-2026-77393High
In Ignition 8.1.53 and earlier, the Gateway "Create Project Role(s)" setting shipped blank, which permitted any authenticated user to create projects (if they can execute gateway scripts). Ignition 8.1.54 restricts project creation to Designer sessions and no longer relies on this setting. The 8.3 series is not affected.

Original NVD description (English source)

Ignition by Inductive Automation, when installed with default OS service account settings, may expose the host system to an elevated code execution risk via the gateway backup restore functionality. An authenticated user with Gateway Administrator privileges can import a malicious gateway backup (.gwbk) file containing crafted project resources, scripts, or modules, resulting in code execution on the host system. This affects both Windows and Linux installations. On Windows, default installations often run the Ignition service as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM, resulting in code execution with full local system privileges. On Linux, default installations commonly run the Ignition service as root or with elevated privileges. Specific privilege level depends on installation configuration.

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