In Emerson ValveLink v12.0.264 to v13.4.118, a vulnerability in the ValveLink software may allow a local, unprivileged, trusted insider to…

published 2020-03-05 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-28111

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits: 0; none known

In Emerson ValveLink v12.0.264 to v13.4.118, a vulnerability in the ValveLink software may allow a local, unprivileged, trusted insider to escalate privileges due to insecure configuration parameters.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-20-063-01 updated 2020-03-03 cvss 7.8

Emerson ValveLink

Emerson ValveLink >= 12.0.264, <= 13.4.118
affected: vendor fix guardian.emersonprocess.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

n/a Emerson ValveLink

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

us-cert.gov /ics/advisories/icsa-20-063-01
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-6971
NVD CVE-2020-6971

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Summary