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  "document": {
    "acknowledgments": [
      {
        "names": [
          "Yuval Ardon",
          "Roman Dvorkin"
        ],
        "organization": "OTORIO",
        "summary": "reporting this vulnerability to CISA"
      }
    ],
    "category": "csaf_security_advisory",
    "csaf_version": "2.0",
    "distribution": {
      "text": "Disclosure is not limited",
      "tlp": {
        "label": "WHITE",
        "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/"
      }
    },
    "lang": "en-US",
    "notes": [
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "This CSAF advisory was extracted from unstructured data and may contain inaccuracies. If you notice any errors, please reach out to the designated contact at CISA CSAF: central@cisa.dhs.gov",
        "title": "CISA Disclaimer"
      },
      {
        "category": "legal_disclaimer",
        "text": "All information products included in https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics are provided \"as is\" for informational purposes only. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not provide any warranties of any kind regarding any information contained within. DHS does not endorse any commercial product or service, referenced in this product or otherwise. Further dissemination of this product is governed by the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) marking in the header. For more information about TLP, see https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/.",
        "title": "Legal Notice"
      },
      {
        "category": "summary",
        "text": "Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to capture a connection session, resulting in disclosure of sensitive information.",
        "title": "Risk evaluation"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Multiple Sectors",
        "title": "Critical infrastructure sectors"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Worldwide",
        "title": "Countries/areas deployed"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "United States",
        "title": "Company headquarters location"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.\nCISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov in the Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.\nOrganizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability.",
        "title": "Exploitability"
      }
    ],
    "publisher": {
      "category": "coordinator",
      "contact_details": "Email: CISAservicedesk@cisa.dhs.gov;\n Toll Free: 1-888-282-0870",
      "name": "CISA",
      "namespace": "https://www.cisa.gov/"
    },
    "references": [
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-22-053-02 JSON",
        "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2022/icsa-22-053-02.json"
      },
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-22-053-02 Web Version",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-22-053-02"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B"
      }
    ],
    "title": "GE Proficy CIMPLICITY-Cleartext",
    "tracking": {
      "current_release_date": "2022-02-22T00:00:00.000000Z",
      "generator": {
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          "version": "1.0.0"
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      "id": "ICSA-22-053-02",
      "initial_release_date": "2022-02-22T00:00:00.000000Z",
      "revision_history": [
        {
          "date": "2022-02-22T00:00:00.000000Z",
          "legacy_version": "Initial",
          "number": "1",
          "summary": "ICSA-22-053-02 GE Digital Proficy CIMPLICITY-Cleartext"
        }
      ],
      "status": "final",
      "version": "1"
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                }
              }
            ],
            "category": "product_name",
            "name": "Proficy CIMPLICITY"
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        ],
        "category": "vendor",
        "name": "General Electric (GE)"
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  "vulnerabilities": [
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      "cve": "CVE-2022-21798",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-319",
        "name": "Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "CVE-2022-21798 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
      ],
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      "references": [
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "web.nvd.nist.gov",
          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2022-21798"
        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Users are advised to refer to the Secure Deployment Guide on how to configure communication encryption.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "https://digitalsupport.ge.com/communities/cc_login?startURL=%2Fen_US%2FDocumentation%2FiFIX-Secure-Deployment-Guide"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Users are encouraged to review the CIMPLICITY Windows Hardening Guide and Recommendations for further IPSEC configuration guidance found in the section titled \u201cAppendix A IPSEC Configuration.\u201d",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "https://digitalsupport.ge.com/communities/cc_login?startURL=%2Fen_US%2FDocumentation%2FWINDOWS-HARDENING-GUIDE-and-RECOMMENDATIONS-WINDOWS-SERVER-2012-R2"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Users are encouraged to contact a GE representative to obtain the latest versions of CIMPLICITY.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "https://digitalsupport.ge.com/communities/CC_Contact"
        }
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            "baseScore": 7.5,
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            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.0"
          },
          "products": [
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        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}