CVE-2025-41724CWE-239

Sauter: Crash via Incomplete SOAP Request

High · published October 22, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
37.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

⚡ Just a few incomplete SOAP requests can send the wscserver crashing down like a house of cards—no login required! Think of it as a restaurant where a customer sends back their meal with a vague complaint. The kitchen shuts down entirely, and the staff can’t serve anyone else until the manager comes in and resets the whole system. 🙈 This means an attacker could crash the service, leaving users stranded and needing a full device reboot to get things running again. Imagine the chaos—no access, unhappy users, and a big mess to clean up!

Put simply

Think of it as a restaurant where a customer sends back their meal with a vague complaint. The kitchen shuts down entirely, and the staff can’t serve anyone else until the manager comes in and resets the whole system. 🙈 CVE-2025-41724 allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the wscserver by sending malformed SOAP requests, which the process won’t automatically restart after failing.

What to do

This means an attacker could crash the service, leaving users stranded and needing a full device reboot to get things running again. Imagine the chaos—no access, unhappy users, and a big mess to clean up! To defend against this, ensure you patch the wscserver to the latest version as soon as it's available. In the meantime, consider implementing rate limiting on SOAP requests to minimize exposure. 🛡️ You've got this! Take these steps and you'll have the server humming along in no time! 🎉

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00443 · 37.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-239 · Failure to Handle Incomplete Element
Published
2025-10-22T07:03Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 OCT 07:03Z
    Sauter: Crash via Incomplete SOAP Request
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