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CVE-2022-46141 (GCVE-0-2022-46141)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-12 11:25 – Updated: 2024-11-25 21:17
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) (All versions < V19). An information disclosure vulnerability could allow a local attacker to gain access to the access level password of the SIMATIC S7-1200 and S7-1500 CPUs, when entered by a legitimate user in the hardware configuration of the affected application.
Severity
4.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-25 21:17 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-316 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Memory
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) Affected: All versions < V19
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