CVE-2020-16235 (GCVE-0-2020-16235)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-19 17:23 – Updated: 2025-04-16 16:19
VLAI
Title
Emerson OpenEnterprise - Inadequate Encryption Strength
Summary
Inadequate encryption may allow the credentials used by Emerson OpenEnterprise, up through version 3.3.5, to access field devices and external systems to be obtained.
Severity
3.8 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-326 - Inadequate Encryption Strength
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Emerson Open Enterprise Affected: All , ≤ 3.3.5 (custom)
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Credits
Roman Lozko of Kaspersky reported this vulnerability to Emerson.
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