---
id: CVE-2025-40583
title: >-
  A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (6GK5998-3GS00-2AC2)
  (All versions < V2.1 HF0 with SINEMA Remote Connect Edge Client installed)
summary: "A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (6GK5998-3GS00-2AC2) (All versions < V2.1 HF0 with SINEMA Remote Connect Edge Client installed). Affected devices do transmit sensitive information in cleartext.\r\nThis could allow a…"
severity: medium
cvss: 4.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-319
vendor: siemens
product: scalance_lpe9403_firmware
affected:
  - scalance_lpe9403_firmware
published: '2025-05-13'
updated: '2026-09-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-08T09:17:37.253'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40583'
references:
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-327438.html'
    label: productcert@siemens.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2025-05-13T13:08:59.954028Z'
epss: 0.0011
epssPercentile: 0.01421
ingestedAt: '2026-09-08T09:30:06.521Z'
---

## Overview

A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (6GK5998-3GS00-2AC2) (All versions < V2.1 HF0 with SINEMA Remote Connect Edge Client installed). Affected devices do transmit sensitive information in cleartext.
This could allow a privileged local attacker to retrieve this sensitive information.

## Affected

- `scalance_lpe9403_firmware`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.