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ICSA-24-074-08: Siemens SCALANCE XB-200 / XC-200 / XP-200 / XF-200BA / XR-300WG Family ↗ source

March 14, 2024 CISA ICS Advisory

Summary

SCALANCE XB-200/XC-200/XP-200/XF-200BA/XR-300WG Family is affected by multiple vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-44318 and CVE-2023-44321 were previously published as part of SSA-699386. Siemens has released new versions for several affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions. Siemens recommends countermeasures for products where fixes are not, or not yet available. CVE-2023-44318: Affected devices use a hardcoded key to obfuscate the configuration backup that an administrator can export from the device. This could allow an authenticated attacker with administrative privileges or an attacker that obtains a configuration backup to extract configuration information from the exported file. CVE-2023-44321: Affected devices do not properly validate the length of inputs when performing certain configuration changes in the web interface allowing an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service condition. The device needs to be restarted for the web interface to become available again.

Advisory Details CISA ICS CSAF feed

Advisory ID
ICSA-24-074-08
Status
Final · version 3
Initial release
2024-03-12
Last revised
2025-08-12 (3 revisions)
Vendor
Siemens
Critical infrastructure sectors
Critical Manufacturing, Transportation Systems, Energy, Healthcare and Public Health, Financial Services, Government Services and Facilities
Deployed
Worldwide
Vendor headquarters
Germany

Republished vendor advisory. This ICSA is a verbatim republication of Siemens ProductCERT SSA-353002 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

Affected products (91)
  • SCALANCE XB205-3 (SC, PN) (6GK5205-3BB00-2AB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB205-3 (ST, E/IP) (6GK5205-3BB00-2TB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB205-3 (ST, E/IP) (6GK5205-3BD00-2TB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB205-3 (ST, PN) (6GK5205-3BD00-2AB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB205-3LD (SC, E/IP) (6GK5205-3BF00-2TB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB205-3LD (SC, PN) (6GK5205-3BF00-2AB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB206-2 (SC) (6GK5206-2BD00-2TB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB206-2 (ST/BFOC) (6GK5206-2BF00-2TB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB206-2 LD (6GK5206-2BF00-2AB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB206-2 SC (6GK5206-2BD00-2AB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB206-2 ST (6GK5206-2BB00-2AB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB206-2LD (6GK5206-2BB00-2TB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB208 (E/IP) (6GK5208-0BA00-2TB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB208 (PN) (6GK5208-0BA00-2AB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB213-3 (SC, E/IP) (6GK5213-3BD00-2TB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB213-3 (SC, PN) (6GK5213-3BD00-2AB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB213-3 (ST, E/IP) (6GK5213-3BB00-2TB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB213-3 (ST, PN) (6GK5213-3BB00-2AB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB213-3LD (SC, E/IP) (6GK5213-3BF00-2TB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB213-3LD (SC, PN) (6GK5213-3BF00-2AB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB216 (E/IP) (6GK5216-0BA00-2TB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XB216 (PN) (6GK5216-0BA00-2AB2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XC206-2 (SC) (6GK5206-2BD00-2AC2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XC206-2 (ST/BFOC) (6GK5206-2BB00-2AC2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XC206-2G PoE (6GK5206-2RS00-2AC2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XC206-2G PoE (54 V DC) (6GK5206-2RS00-5AC2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XC206-2G PoE EEC (54 V DC) (6GK5206-2RS00-5FC2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XC206-2SFP (6GK5206-2BS00-2AC2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XC206-2SFP EEC (6GK5206-2BS00-2FC2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XC206-2SFP G (6GK5206-2GS00-2AC2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XC206-2SFP G (EIP DEF.) (6GK5206-2GS00-2TC2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XC206-2SFP G EEC (6GK5206-2GS00-2FC2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XC208 (6GK5208-0BA00-2AC2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XC208EEC (6GK5208-0BA00-2FC2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XC208G (6GK5208-0GA00-2AC2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XC208G (EIP def.) (6GK5208-0GA00-2TC2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XC208G EEC (6GK5208-0GA00-2FC2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XC208G PoE (6GK5208-0RA00-2AC2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XC208G PoE (54 V DC) (6GK5208-0RA00-5AC2) — <4.6, all versions
  • SCALANCE XC216 (6GK5216-0BA00-2AC2) — <4.6, all versions
  • … and 51 more in the source document
Revision history (3)
  • 2025-08-12 — v3: Added fix for CVE-2023-44321
  • 2024-06-11 — v2: Clarify currently no fix planned
  • 2024-03-12 — v1: Publication Date

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

Vulnerabilities as Stated by the Advisory

CVEWeaknessCVSS v3Details
CVE-2023-44318 CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key 4.9 Medium CVE-2023-44318
Affected devices use a hardcoded key to obfuscate the configuration backup that an administrator can export from the device. This could allow an authenticated attacker with administrative privileges or an attacker that obtains a configuration backup to extract configuration information from the exported file.

No fix planned: Currently no fix is planned

Affected, fixed & timeline

Affected:

  • SCALANCE XB205-3 (SC, PN) (6GK5205-3BB00-2AB2) all versions
  • SCALANCE XB205-3 (ST, E/IP) (6GK5205-3BB00-2TB2) all versions
  • SCALANCE XB205-3 (ST, E/IP) (6GK5205-3BD00-2TB2) all versions
  • SCALANCE XB205-3 (ST, PN) (6GK5205-3BD00-2AB2) all versions
  • SCALANCE XB205-3LD (SC, E/IP) (6GK5205-3BF00-2TB2) all versions
  • SCALANCE XB205-3LD (SC, PN) (6GK5205-3BF00-2AB2) all versions
  • SCALANCE XB206-2 (SC) (6GK5206-2BD00-2TB2) all versions
  • SCALANCE XB206-2 (ST/BFOC) (6GK5206-2BF00-2TB2) all versions
  • SCALANCE XB206-2 LD (6GK5206-2BF00-2AB2) all versions
  • SCALANCE XB206-2 SC (6GK5206-2BD00-2AB2) all versions
  • SCALANCE XB206-2 ST (6GK5206-2BB00-2AB2) all versions
  • SCALANCE XB206-2LD (6GK5206-2BB00-2TB2) all versions
  • SCALANCE XB208 (E/IP) (6GK5208-0BA00-2TB2) all versions
  • SCALANCE XB208 (PN) (6GK5208-0BA00-2AB2) all versions
  • SCALANCE XB213-3 (SC, E/IP) (6GK5213-3BD00-2TB2) all versions
  • … and 76 more
CVE-2023-44321 CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption 2.7 Low CVE-2023-44321
Affected devices do not properly validate the length of inputs when performing certain configuration changes in the web interface allowing an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service condition. The device needs to be restarted for the web interface to become available again.

Vendor fix: Update to V4.6 or later version ↗

Affected, fixed & timeline

Affected:

  • SCALANCE XB205-3 (SC, PN) (6GK5205-3BB00-2AB2) <4.6
  • SCALANCE XB205-3 (ST, E/IP) (6GK5205-3BB00-2TB2) <4.6
  • SCALANCE XB205-3 (ST, E/IP) (6GK5205-3BD00-2TB2) <4.6
  • SCALANCE XB205-3 (ST, PN) (6GK5205-3BD00-2AB2) <4.6
  • SCALANCE XB205-3LD (SC, E/IP) (6GK5205-3BF00-2TB2) <4.6
  • SCALANCE XB205-3LD (SC, PN) (6GK5205-3BF00-2AB2) <4.6
  • SCALANCE XB206-2 (SC) (6GK5206-2BD00-2TB2) <4.6
  • SCALANCE XB206-2 (ST/BFOC) (6GK5206-2BF00-2TB2) <4.6
  • SCALANCE XB206-2 LD (6GK5206-2BF00-2AB2) <4.6
  • SCALANCE XB206-2 SC (6GK5206-2BD00-2AB2) <4.6
  • SCALANCE XB206-2 ST (6GK5206-2BB00-2AB2) <4.6
  • SCALANCE XB206-2LD (6GK5206-2BB00-2TB2) <4.6
  • SCALANCE XB208 (E/IP) (6GK5208-0BA00-2TB2) <4.6
  • SCALANCE XB208 (PN) (6GK5208-0BA00-2AB2) <4.6
  • SCALANCE XB213-3 (SC, E/IP) (6GK5213-3BD00-2TB2) <4.6
  • … and 76 more

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-2023-44318 4.9 Medium Siemens RUGGEDCOM RM1224 LTE(4G) EU Affected devices use a hardcoded key to obfuscate the configuration backup that an administrator can export from the device. This could allow an auth…
CVE-2023-44321 2.7 Low Siemens RUGGEDCOM RM1224 LTE(4G) EU Affected devices do not properly validate the length of inputs when performing certain configuration changes in the web interface allowing an authent…

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Vendors Named in This Publication

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