# CVE-2025-11918: Rockwell Automation Arena® suffers from a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within…

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-11918-rockwell-automation-arena-suffers-from-a-stack-based-buffer  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-11-14  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-11918 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.3 · Published 2025-11-14

Rockwell Automation Arena® suffers from a
stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the
parsing of DOE files. Local attackers are able to exploit this issue to
potentially execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Arena®. Exploiting
the vulnerability requires opening a malicious DOE file.

Vendors: [Rockwellautomation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/rockwellautomation).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-11918 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-11918 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-11918?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.3, published 14 November 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Rockwellautomation Arena. The advisory does not name versions.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-11918?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-11918?** Check whether you run Rockwellautomation Arena. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- Rockwellautomation Arena