Latest Trimble Cityworks vulnerability #

A vulnerability has been disclosed in Trimble Cityworks versions prior to 23.10. Cityworks is a popular GIS and asset management system for local governments. This vulnerability would allow a remote, authenticated attacker who could upload malicious files to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.

This vulnerability has been designated CVE-2025-0994 and has a CVSS score of 8.6 (high).

Note that there is evidence that this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

What is the impact? #

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system, potentially leading to complete system compromise.

Are any updates or workarounds available? #

Trimble has released updates to mitigate this issue. Users are encouraged to update to version 23.10 or later as quickly as possible. Additionally, as this vulnerability appears to be under active exploitation, users are advised to examine their systems for any unexpected files or network services. 

How do I find Trimble Cityworks installations with runZero? #

From the Service Inventory, use the following query to locate potentially impacted assets:

_asset.protocol:http and protocol:http and favicon.ico.image.md5:="b26ada00a06ee050e56160ea5308bc9f"

Written by Rob King

Rob King is the Director of Applied Research at runZero. Over his career Rob has served as a senior researcher with KoreLogic, the architect for TippingPoint DVLabs, and helped get several startups off the ground. Rob helped design SC Magazine's Data Leakage Prevention Product of the Year for 2010, and was awarded the 3Com Innovator of the Year Award in 2009. He has been invited to speak at BlackHat, Shmoocon, SANS Network Security, and USENIX.

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