CVE-2024-36266 (GCVE-0-2024-36266)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-11 11:15 – Updated: 2024-08-02 03:37
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in PowerSys (All versions < V3.11). The affected application insufficiently protects responses to authentication requests. This could allow a local attacker to bypass authentication, thereby gaining administrative privileges for the managed remote devices.
Severity
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.5 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-06-11 13:11 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
siemens CNA under the icscert root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 100 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Siemens PowerSys Affected: 0 , < V3.11 (custom)
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siemens powersys Affected: 0 , < 3.11 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:siemens:powersys:v3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC

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