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GHSA-QP5H-6H76-J5W8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-02 09:30 – Updated: 2024-02-02 09:30

Details

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in B&R Industrial Automation Automation Studio allows Local Execution of Code.This issue affects Automation Studio: from 4.0 through 4.12.

Severity ?

8.3 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2021-22282 (GCVE-0-2021-22282)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-02 06:38 – Updated: 2025-06-17 21:29

Summary

Severity ?

8.3 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Assigner

ABB

References

URL

Tags

https://www.br-automation.com/fileadmin/2021-12_R…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	B&R Industrial Automation	Automation Studio	Affected: 4.0 , ≤ 4.12 (custom)

Credits

B&R would like to thank the following for working with us to help protect our customers: Mr. Mashav Sapir of Claroty, Mr. Andrew Hofmans

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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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GHSA-QP5H-6H76-J5W8

CVE-2021-22282 (GCVE-0-2021-22282)

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