Vulnerability in NI System Web Server (CVE-2025-12097)
Summary
Vulnerability in NI System Web Server (CVE-2025-12097). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Mitigation: upgrade to 2013 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
There is a relative path traversal vulnerability in the NI System Web Server that may result in information disclosure. Successful exploitation requires an attacker to send a specially crafted request to the NI System Web Server, allowing the attacker to read arbitrary files. This vulnerability existed in the NI System Web Server 2012 and prior versions. It was fixed in 2013.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-12097 has been found in NI System Web Server.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: upgrade NI System Web Server to 2013 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "NI System Web Server CVE-2025-12097" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-12097 (NI System Web Server) — CWE-23 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 2013 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-23) exists in NI System Web Server.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of NI System Web Server.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to 2013.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで NI System Web Server を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Apply patch patch
Upgrade NI System Web Server to 2013ステージング環境で 2013 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web security@ni.com