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ICSA-25-093-01: Hitachi Energy RTU500 Series (Update B) ↗ source

April 3, 2025 CISA ICS Advisory

Summary

Hitachi Energy is aware of the vulnerabilities, CVE-2024-10037, CVE-2024-11499, CVE-2024-12169, and CVE-2025-1445 in the RTU500 Web server component, the IEC 60870-5-104 controlled station implementation and IEC 61850 implementation, that affects the RTU500 versions that are listed below. An attacker successfully exploiting these vulnerabilities could trigger a restart of a RTU500 CMU. Please refer to the Recom-mended Immediate Actions for information about the available mitigation/remediation strategies. CVE-2024-10037: A vulnerability exists in the RTU500 web server com-ponent that can cause a denial of service to the RTU500 CMU application if a specially crafted message sequence is executed on a WebSocket connection. An attacker must be properly authenticated and the test mode function of RTU500 must be enabled to exploit this vulnerability. The affected CMU will automatically recover itself if an attacker successfully exploits this vulnerability. CVE-2024-12169: A vulnerability exists in RTU500 IEC 60870-5-104 controlled station functionality and IEC 61850 functionality, that allows an attacker performing a specific attack sequence to restart the affected CMU. This vulnerability only applies, if secure communication using IEC 62351-3 (TLS) is enabled.

Advisory Details CISA ICS CSAF feed

Advisory ID
ICSA-25-093-01
Status
Final · version 3
Initial release
2025-03-25
Last revised
2025-09-09 (3 revisions)
Vendor
Hitachi Energy
Critical infrastructure sectors
Energy
Deployed
Worldwide
Vendor headquarters
Switzerland

Republished vendor advisory. This ICSA is a verbatim republication of Hitachi Energy PSIRT 8DBD000207 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…

Support: For additional information and support please contact your product provider or Hitachi Energy service organ-ization. For contact information, see https://www.hitachienergy.com/contact-us/ for Hitachi Energy contact-centers.

General Mitigation Factors: Recommended security practices and firewall configurations can help protect a process control network from attacks that originate from outside the network. Such practices include that process control systems are physically protected from direct access by unauthorized personnel, have no direct connections to the Internet, and are separated from other networks by means of a firewall system that has a minimal number of ports exposed, and others that have to be evaluated case by case. Process control systems should not be used for Internet surfing, instant messaging, or receiving e-mails. Portable computers and removable storage media should be carefully scanned for viruses before they are connected to a control system.

Credit: Hitachi Energy PSIRT

Affected products (1)
  • CMU Firmware — all versions, >=12.0.1|<=12.0.14, >=12.2.1|<=12.2.12, >=12.4.1|<=12.4.11, >=12.6.1|<=12.6.10, >=12.7.1|<=12.7.7, >=13.2.1|<=13.2.7, >=13.4.1|<=13.4.4, >=13.5.1|<=13.5.3, 13.6.1, >=13.7.1|<=13.7.4, 13.5.4 …
Revision history (3)
  • 2025-09-09 — v3: Updated Recommended Action with fixed versions 13.5.4, 13.6.3 and 13.7.7
  • 2025-04-29 — v2: Updated Recommended Action with fixed version 13.7.6
  • 2025-03-25 — v1: Initial version.

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

Vulnerabilities as Stated by the Advisory

CVEWeaknessCVSS v3Details
CVE-2025-1445 CWE-820 Missing Synchronization 7.5 High CVE-2025-1445
A vulnerability exists in RTU IEC 61850 client and server functionality that could impact the availability if renegotiation of an open IEC61850 TLS connection takes place in specific timing situations, when IEC61850 communication is active. Precondition is that IEC61850 as client or server are configured using TLS on RTU500 device. It affects the CMU the IEC61850 stack is configured on.

Mitigation: For all versions, apply General Mitigation Factors/Workarounds. Upgrade the system once remediated version in available, or apply general mitigation factors.

Vendor fix: Update to CMU Firmware version 13.7.7

Affected, fixed & timeline

Affected:

  • CMU Firmware >=13.7.1|<=13.7.4

Fixed in:

  • CMU Firmware 13.7.6
CVE-2024-12169 CWE-410 Insufficient Resource Pool 6.5 Medium CVE-2024-12169
A vulnerability exists in RTU500 IEC 60870-5-104 controlled station functionality and IEC 61850 functionality, that allows an attacker performing a specific attack sequence to restart the affected CMU. This vulnerability only applies, if secure communication using IEC 62351-3 (TLS) is enabled.

Mitigation: For all versions, apply General Mitigation Factors/Workarounds. Upgrade the system once remediated version in available, or apply general mitigation factors.

Vendor fix: Update to CMU Firmware version 13.7.7

Affected, fixed & timeline

Affected:

  • CMU Firmware >=13.4.1|<=13.4.4
  • CMU Firmware >=13.5.1|<=13.5.3
  • CMU Firmware 13.6.1
  • CMU Firmware >=13.7.1|<=13.7.4

Fixed in:

  • CMU Firmware 13.7.6
CVE-2024-11499 CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference 4.9 Medium CVE-2024-11499

Mitigation: For all versions, apply General Mitigation Factors/Workarounds. Upgrade the system once remediated version in available, or apply general mitigation factors.

Vendor fix: Update to CMU Firmware version 13.5.4

Vendor fix: Update to CMU Firmware version 13.6.3

Affected, fixed & timeline

Affected:

  • CMU Firmware >=13.4.1|<=13.4.4
  • CMU Firmware >=13.5.1|<=13.5.3
  • CMU Firmware 13.6.1
  • CMU Firmware >=13.7.1|<=13.7.4

Fixed in:

  • CMU Firmware 13.5.4
  • CMU Firmware 13.6.2
  • CMU Firmware 13.7.6

Vendor fix: Update to CMU Firmware version 13.7.7

CVE-2024-10037 CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference 4.4 Medium CVE-2024-10037
A vulnerability exists in the RTU500 web server com-ponent that can cause a denial of service to the RTU500 CMU application if a specially crafted message sequence is executed on a WebSocket connection. An attacker must be properly authenticated and the test mode function of RTU500 must be enabled to exploit this vulnerability. The affected CMU will automatically recover itself if an attacker successfully exploits this vulnerability.

Mitigation: For all versions, apply General Mitigation Factors/Workarounds. Upgrade the system once remediated version in available, or apply general mitigation factors.

Vendor fix: Update to CMU Firmware version 12.7.8 when available

Vendor fix: Fixed in version 13.7.1. Update to CMU Firmware version 13.7.7

Affected, fixed & timeline

Affected:

  • CMU Firmware >=12.0.1|<=12.0.14
  • CMU Firmware >=12.2.1|<=12.2.12
  • CMU Firmware >=12.4.1|<=12.4.11
  • CMU Firmware >=12.6.1|<=12.6.10
  • CMU Firmware >=12.7.1|<=12.7.7
  • CMU Firmware >=13.2.1|<=13.2.7
  • CMU Firmware >=13.4.1|<=13.4.4
  • CMU Firmware >=13.5.1|<=13.5.3
  • CMU Firmware 13.6.1

Fixed in:

  • CMU Firmware 12.7.8
  • CMU Firmware 13.7.1

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-2024-12169 8.7 High Hitachi Energy RTU500 A vulnerability exists in RTU500 IEC 60870-5-104 controlled station functionality and IEC 61850 functionality, that allows an attacker performing a s…
CVE-2025-1445 8.7 High Hitachi Energy RTU500 A vulnerability exists in RTU IEC 61850 client and server functionality that could impact the availability if renegotiation of an open IEC61850 TLS c…
CVE-2024-11499 6.9 Medium Hitachi Energy RTU500 A vulnerability exists in RTU500 IEC 60870-4-104 controlled station functionality, that allows an authenticated and authorized attacker to perform a …
CVE-2024-10037 5.9 Medium Hitachi Energy RTU500 A vulnerability exists in the RTU500 web server component that can cause a denial of service to the RTU500 CMU application if a specially crafted mes…

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

Vendors Named in This Publication

No KEV-catalogued vendors are named in this publication.