QCS 800xA Vulnerability identified in system log files

published 2023-05-22 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-15231

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits: 0; none known

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability in ABB QCS 800xA, ABB QCS AC450, ABB Platform Engineering Tools.

An attacker, who already has local access to the QCS nodes, could successfully obtain the password for a system user account. Using this information, the attacker could have the potential to exploit this vulnerability to gain control of system nodes.

This issue affects QCS 800xA: from 1.0;0 through 6.1SP2; QCS AC450: from 1.0;0 through 5.1SP2; Platform Engineering Tools: from 1.0:0 through 2.3.0.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-01-21)

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

ABB QCS 800xA
ABB QCS AC450
ABB Platform Engineering Tools

Classification

Weakness

CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

search.abb.com /library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=3BUS221709&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch&_ga=2.108646530.143
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-0010
NVD CVE-2022-0010

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Summary