A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels 4" - 22" (All versions < V15.1 Update 1), SIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Pan…

published 2019-05-14 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-16131

cvss: 9.1; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.7%; EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels 4" - 22" (All versions < V15.1 Update 1), SIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels 7" & 15" (All versions < V15.1 Update 1), SIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panels KTP400F, KTP700, KTP700F, KTP900 und KTP900F (All versions < V15.1 Update 1), SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced (All versions < V15.1 Update 1), SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional (All versions < V15.1 Update 1), SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) (All versions < V15.1 Update 1), SIMATIC HMI Classic Devices (TP/MP/OP/MP Mobile Panel) (All versions). The affected device offered SNMP read and write capacities with a publicly know hardcoded community string. The security vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker with network access to the affected device. Successful exploitation requires no system privileges and no user interaction. An attacker could use the vulnerability to compromise confidentiality and integrity of the affected system. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.

Patch / fix

fixed in 9

siemens simatic_wincc_(tia_portal) 15.1
siemens simatic_wincc_runtime 15.1
siemens simatic_hmi_comfort_panels_firmware 15.1
siemens simatic_hmi_comfort_outdoor_panels_firmware 15.1
siemens simatic_hmi_ktp_mobile_panels_ktp400f_firmware 15.1
siemens simatic_hmi_ktp_mobile_panels_ktp700_firmware 15.1
siemens simatic_hmi_ktp_mobile_panels_ktp700f_firmware 15.1
siemens simatic_hmi_ktp_mobile_panels_ktp900_firmware 15.1
siemens simatic_hmi_ktp_mobile_panels_ktp900f_firmware 15.1

Exploit prediction

2.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	6.4	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products

Siemens AG SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels 4" - 22"
Siemens AG SIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels 7" & 15"
Siemens AG SIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panels KTP400F, KTP700, KTP700F, KTP900 und KTP900F
Siemens AG SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced
Siemens AG SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional
Siemens AG SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal)
Siemens AG SIMATIC HMI Classic Devices (TP/MP/OP/MP Mobile Panel)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

cert-portal.siemens.com /productcert/pdf/ssa-804486.pdf
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/108412
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
us-cert.gov /ics/advisories/ICSA-19-134-09
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-6572
NVD CVE-2019-6572

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Summary