A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic (All versions < V7.3 Update 1), SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO (All version…

published 2022-04-12 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-28523

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic (All versions < V7.3 Update 1), SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO (All versions < V7.3 Update 1). Affected applications improperly assign permissions to critical directories and files used by the application processes. This could allow a local unprivileged attacker to achieve code execution with ADMINISTRATOR or even NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM privileges.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 1

siemens simatic_energy_manager_basic 7.3
siemens simatic_energy_manager_pro 7.3

cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-655554.pdf advisory

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-22-104-11 updated 2025-05-06 cvss 7.3

Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager

Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic <V7.3_Update_1 Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO <V7.3_Update_1
affected: fixed in V7.3, mitigation support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% 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	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic
Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO

Classification

Weakness

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

cert-portal.siemens.com /productcert/pdf/ssa-655554.pdf
mitigation, patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-23448
NVD CVE-2022-23448

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Summary