Historian SE - Race Condition Leading to Authentication Bypass
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Product Description
FactoryTalk® Historian Site Edition (SE) is an on-premises industrial data platform that collects, stores, analyzes, and contextualizes time-series process data across the plant, enabling real-time insights for performance optimization and enterprise-wide visibility.
Affected Products and Solution
Affected Product |
CVE |
Affected Software Version |
Corrected in Software Version |
Affected Catalog Numbers |
Historian SE |
CVE-2025-13036 |
11.00 |
12.00 |
None |
Security Issue Details for CVE-2025-13036
Category |
Details |
CVE ID |
CVE-2025-13036 |
Impact |
A security issue exists within Historian SE, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to obtain a valid authentication token by exploiting a race condition in the login flow. The vulnerability stems from improper synchronization of shared resources during concurrent authentication requests. By continually sending login requests with invalid credentials while a legitimate user attempts to authenticate, an attacker can retrieve a valid session token. |
CVSS 3.1 Base Score |
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CVSS 4.0 Base Score |
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CWE |
CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') |
Known Exploited Vulnerability |
No |
Mitigations and Workarounds
Customers using the affected software, who are not able to upgrade to one of the corrected versions, should use our security best practices. If customers can not upgrade, please consider applying the following patch.
Revision History
Revision |
Date |
Description |
1.0 |
6/16/2026 |
Initial release |
Glossary:
· Authentication: The process of verifying the identity of a user or system.
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