Rockwell Automation Historian ME

September 1, 2026·Source: CISA

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TL;DR

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could crash the device being accessed; an out-of-bounds write condition may allow remote code execution. The following versions of Rockwell Automation Historian ME are affected: Series B 5.202 (CVE-2025-12768, CVE-2026-12661) Series C 7.101 (CVE-2025-12768, CVE-2026-12661) CVSS Vendor Equipment Vulnerabilities

v3 8 Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automation Historian ME Out-of-bounds Write, Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Background Critical Infrastructure Sectors: Chemical, Critical Manufacturing, Food and Agriculture, Healthcare and Public Health, Water and Wastewater Systems Countries/Areas Deployed: Worldwide Company Headquarters Location: United States Vulnerabilities Expand All + CVE-2025-12768 A security issue exists within FactoryTalk® Historian Machine Edition. An attacker with low-level authentication could exploit this vulnerability to achieveremote code execution on the affected device. View CVE Details Affected Products Rockwell Automation Historian ME Vendor: Rockwell Automation Product Version: Rockwell Automation Series B: 5.202, Rockwell Automation Series C: 7.101 Product Status: known_affected Remediations Mitigation Customers using the affected software, who are not able to upgrade to one of the corrected versions, should use Rockwell Automations security best practices found at https://support.rockwellautomation.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1085012/loc/en_US#__highlight. https://support.rockwellautomation.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1085012/loc/en_US#__highlight Mitigation If you have any questions regarding the security issue(s) above and how to mitigate them, contact TechConnect for help. More information can be found at https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/company/about-us/contact-us.html. https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/company/about-us/contact-us.html Mitigation If you have any questions regarding this disclosure, please contact PSIRT Email: rasecure@ra

What Happened

Rockwell Automation Historian ME, reported by CISA.

v3 8 Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automation Historian ME Out-of-bounds Write, Stack-based Buffer Overflow

For the full technical details, see the original report.

Why It Matters for Businesses

This development could affect organizations that rely on the impacted technologies or services. Unpatched systems, misconfigured infrastructure, or lack of monitoring can leave businesses exposed to exploitation, data breaches, and regulatory penalties.

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Mitigation Steps

Patch immediately, Apply vendor patches or updates as soon as they are available.
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Monitor logs, Watch for indicators of compromise (IOCs) related to this threat.
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