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ICSA-24-137-13: Siemens Industrial Products ↗ source

May 16, 2024 CISA ICS Advisory

Summary

Several industrial products contain an out of bounds read vulnerability that could allow an attacker to cause a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) crash of the underlying Windows kernel, leading to denial of service condition. Siemens has released new versions for several affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions. Siemens is preparing further fix versions and recommends countermeasures for products where fixes are not, or not yet available. CVE-2023-46280: The affected applications contain an out of bounds read vulnerability. This could allow an attacker to cause a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) crash of the underlying Windows kernel.

Advisory Details CISA ICS CSAF feed

Advisory ID
ICSA-24-137-13
Status
Final · version 8
Initial release
2024-05-14
Last revised
2026-07-09 (8 revisions)
Vendor
Siemens
Critical infrastructure sectors
Critical Manufacturing
Deployed
Worldwide
Vendor headquarters
Germany

Republished vendor advisory. This ICSA is a verbatim republication of Siemens ProductCERT SSA-962515 from a direct conversion of the vendor's Common Security Advisory Framework (CSAF) advisory. This is republished to CISA's website as a means of increasing visibility and is provided "as-is" for informational purposes only. CISA is not responsible for the editorial or technical accuracy of republished advisories and provides no warranties of any kind regarding any information contained within this advisory. Further, CISA…

General Recommendations: As a general security measure, Siemens strongly recommends to protect network access to devices with appropriate mechanisms. In order to operate the devices in a protected IT environment, Siemens recommends to configure the environment according to Siemens' operational guidelines for Industrial Security (Download: https://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security), and to follow the recommendations in the product manuals. Additional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity

Additional Resources: For further inquiries on security vulnerabilities in Siemens products and solutions, please contact the Siemens ProductCERT: https://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories

Credit: Siemens ProductCERT; Jongseong Kim, Byunghyun Kang, Sangjun Park, Yunjin Park, Kwon Yul, Seungchan Kim (Team today-0day)

Affected products (32)
  • Security Configuration Tool (SCT) — all versions
  • SIMATIC Automation Tool — <5.0.2
  • SIMATIC BATCH V9.1 — <9.1.2.5
  • SIMATIC NET PC Software V16 — <16.0.0.8
  • SIMATIC NET PC Software V17 — all versions
  • SIMATIC NET PC Software V18 — <18.0.1
  • SIMATIC NET PC Software V19 — <19.0.0.2
  • SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.1 — <9.1.2.05
  • SIMATIC PDM V9.2 — <9.2.2.3
  • SIMATIC Route Control V9.1 — <9.1.2.3
  • SIMATIC S7-PCT — <3.5.3.6
  • SIMATIC STEP 7 V5 — <5.7.3
  • SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.17 — all versions
  • SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.18 — <3.18.025
  • SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.19 — <3.19.010
  • SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced — <17.0.8
  • SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V16 — <16.0.0.6
  • SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V17 — <17.0.0.8
  • SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V18 — <18.0.0.4
  • SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V19 — <19.0.0.2
  • SIMATIC WinCC V7.4 — all versions
  • SIMATIC WinCC V7.5 — <7.5.2.17
  • SIMATIC WinCC V8.0 — <8.0.0.5
  • SINAMICS Startdrive — <19.1
  • SINUMERIK ONE virtual — <6.23
  • SINUMERIK PLC Programming Tool — <3.3.12
  • TIA Portal Cloud Connector — <2.0
  • Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal) V15.1 — all versions
  • Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal) V16 — all versions
  • Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal) V17 — <17.0.8
  • Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal) V18 — <18.0.4
  • Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal) V19 — <19.0.2
Revision history (8)
  • 2026-07-09 — v8: CISA Republication update based on Siemens ProductCERT SSA-962515 advisory
  • 2026-06-09 — v7: Updated remediation of SIMATIC NET PC Software V17 to no fix planned
  • 2024-12-10 — v6: Added fix for SIMATIC S7-PCT, SIMATIC STEP 7 V5, SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced and Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal) V17
  • 2024-11-12 — v5: Added fix for SINUMERIK PLC Programming Tool
  • 2024-10-08 — v4: Added fix for SIMATIC NET PC Software V19
  • 2024-09-10 — v3: Added fix for SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.1, SIMATIC BATCH V9.1, SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V17, SIMATIC Automation Tool, Simatic NET PC Software V16, SIMATIC Route Control V9.1 and SIMATIC PDM V9.2
  • 2024-07-09 — v2: Added fix for SIMATIC NET PC Software V18, SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V16, V18, and V19 and SIMATIC WinCC V7.5, and V8.0, and TIA Portal V18
  • 2024-05-14 — v1: Publication Date

From CISA's machine-readable CSAF 2.0 advisory (JSON).

Vulnerabilities as Stated by the Advisory

CVEWeaknessCVSS v3Details
CVE-2023-46280 CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read 6.5 Medium CVE-2023-46280
The affected applications contain an out of bounds read vulnerability. This could allow an attacker to cause a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) crash of the underlying Windows kernel.

No fix planned: Currently no fix is planned

Vendor fix: Update to V16 Update 6 or later version ↗

Vendor fix: Update to V16 Update 8 or later version ↗

Affected, fixed & timeline

Affected:

  • Security Configuration Tool (SCT) all versions
  • SIMATIC Automation Tool <5.0.2
  • SIMATIC BATCH V9.1 <9.1.2.5
  • SIMATIC NET PC Software V16 <16.0.0.8
  • SIMATIC NET PC Software V17 all versions
  • SIMATIC NET PC Software V18 <18.0.1
  • SIMATIC NET PC Software V19 <19.0.0.2
  • SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.1 <9.1.2.05
  • SIMATIC PDM V9.2 <9.2.2.3
  • SIMATIC Route Control V9.1 <9.1.2.3
  • SIMATIC S7-PCT <3.5.3.6
  • SIMATIC STEP 7 V5 <5.7.3
  • SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.17 all versions
  • SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.18 <3.18.025
  • SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.19 <3.19.010
  • … and 17 more

Vendor fix: Update to V17 Update 8 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V17 Update 8 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V18 Update 4 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V18 SP1 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V18 Update 4 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V19 Update 2 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V19 Update 2 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V19 Update 2 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V19 SP1 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V2.0 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V3.18 P025 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V3.19 P010 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V3.3.12 or later version PLC Programming Tool V3.3.12 or later versions are integrated in SINUMERIK 828D Toolbox version V5.24 or later; Updated software version can be obtained from Siemens customer support or a local partner.

Vendor fix: Update to V3.5 SP3 Update 6 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V5.0 SP2 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V5.7 SP3 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V6.23 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V7.5 SP2 Update 17 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V8.0 Update 5 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V9.1 SP2 UC05 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V9.1 SP2 Upd3 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V9.1 SP2 Upd5 or later version

Vendor fix: Update to V9.2 SP2 Upd3 or later version

Scores and weakness types are as CISA or the republishing vendor stated them in this advisory; the linked CVE pages carry the independently enriched CVSS and SSVC assessments.

News Coverage

No coverage found in monitored research blogs or news feeds.

CVEs Referenced in This Publication

CVECVSSAffected
CVE-2023-46280 6.5 Medium Siemens Security Configuration Tool (SCT) A vulnerability has been identified in Security Configuration Tool (SCT) (All versions), SIMATIC Automation Tool (All versions < V5.0 SP2), SIMATIC B…

Named by the advisory itself. Each CVE links to its tracked detail page.

Vendors Named in This Publication

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