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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.9

CVE-2023-44318 json

Affected devices use a hardcoded key to obfuscate the configuration backup that an administrator can export from the device.

published 2023-11-14 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-48672

cvss
4.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • siemens 6gk5205-3bb00-2ab2_firmware 4.5
  • siemens 6gk5205-3bb00-2tb2_firmware 4.5
  • siemens 6gk5205-3bd00-2tb2_firmware 4.5
  • siemens 6gk5205-3bd00-2ab2_firmware 4.5
  • siemens 6gk5205-3bf00-2ab2_firmware 4.5
  • siemens 6gk5208-0ba00-2tb2_firmware 4.5
  • siemens 6gk5208-0ba00-2ab2_firmware 4.5
  • siemens 6gk5213-3bd00-2tb2_firmware 4.5
  • siemens 6gk5213-3bd00-2ab2_firmware 4.5
  • siemens 6gk5213-3bb00-2tb2_firmware 4.5
  • siemens 6gk5213-3bb00-2ab2_firmware 4.5
  • siemens 6gk5213-3bf00-2tb2_firmware 4.5
  • siemens 6gk5213-3bf00-2ab2_firmware 4.5
  • siemens 6gk5216-0ba00-2tb2_firmware 4.5
  • siemens 6gk5216-0ba00-2ab2_firmware 4.5
  • siemens 6gk5206-2bd00-2ac2_firmware 4.5
  • siemens 6gk5206-2bb00-2ac2_firmware 4.5
  • siemens 6gk5206-2rs00-2ac2_firmware 4.5
  • siemens 6gk5206-2rs00-5ac2_firmware 4.5
  • siemens 6gk5206-2rs00-5fc2_firmware 4.5

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-24-074-08 updated cvss 4.9

Siemens SCALANCE XB-200 / XC-200 / XP-200 / XF-200BA / XR-300WG Family

  • Siemens SCALANCE XB205-3 (SC, PN) (6GK5205-3BB00-2AB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB205-3 (ST, E/IP) (6GK5205-3BB00-2TB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB205-3 (ST, E/IP) (6GK5205-3BD00-2TB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB205-3 (ST, PN) (6GK5205-3BD00-2AB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB205-3LD (SC, E/IP) (6GK5205-3BF00-2TB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB205-3LD (SC, PN) (6GK5205-3BF00-2AB2)
    +34 more products
    Siemens SCALANCE XB206-2 (SC) (6GK5206-2BD00-2TB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB206-2 (ST/BFOC) (6GK5206-2BF00-2TB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB206-2 LD (6GK5206-2BF00-2AB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB206-2 SC (6GK5206-2BD00-2AB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB206-2 ST (6GK5206-2BB00-2AB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB206-2LD (6GK5206-2BB00-2TB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB208 (E/IP) (6GK5208-0BA00-2TB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB208 (PN) (6GK5208-0BA00-2AB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB213-3 (SC, E/IP) (6GK5213-3BD00-2TB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB213-3 (SC, PN) (6GK5213-3BD00-2AB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB213-3 (ST, E/IP) (6GK5213-3BB00-2TB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB213-3 (ST, PN) (6GK5213-3BB00-2AB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB213-3LD (SC, E/IP) (6GK5213-3BF00-2TB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB213-3LD (SC, PN) (6GK5213-3BF00-2AB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB216 (E/IP) (6GK5216-0BA00-2TB2) Siemens SCALANCE XB216 (PN) (6GK5216-0BA00-2AB2) Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2 (SC) (6GK5206-2BD00-2AC2) Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2 (ST/BFOC) (6GK5206-2BB00-2AC2) Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2G PoE (6GK5206-2RS00-2AC2) Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2G PoE (54 V DC) (6GK5206-2RS00-5AC2) Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2G PoE EEC (54 V DC) (6GK5206-2RS00-5FC2) Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2SFP (6GK5206-2BS00-2AC2) Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2SFP EEC (6GK5206-2BS00-2FC2) Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2SFP G (6GK5206-2GS00-2AC2) Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2SFP G (EIP DEF.) (6GK5206-2GS00-2TC2) Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2SFP G EEC (6GK5206-2GS00-2FC2) Siemens SCALANCE XC208 (6GK5208-0BA00-2AC2) Siemens SCALANCE XC208EEC (6GK5208-0BA00-2FC2) Siemens SCALANCE XC208G (6GK5208-0GA00-2AC2) Siemens SCALANCE XC208G (EIP def.) (6GK5208-0GA00-2TC2) Siemens SCALANCE XC208G EEC (6GK5208-0GA00-2FC2) Siemens SCALANCE XC208G PoE (6GK5208-0RA00-2AC2) Siemens SCALANCE XC208G PoE (54 V DC) (6GK5208-0RA00-5AC2) Siemens SCALANCE XC216 (6GK5216-0BA00-2AC2)
    affected: no fix planned

51 more affected in the full advisory

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

cisa ICSA-24-165-12 updated cvss 4.9

Siemens SCALANCE W700

  • Siemens SCALANCE WAB762-1 (6GK5762-1AJ00-6AA0) Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 (6GK5763-1AL00-7DA0) Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 (ME) (6GK5763-1AL00-7DC0) Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 (US) (6GK5763-1AL00-7DB0) Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 (6GK5766-1GE00-7DA0) Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 (ME) (6GK5766-1GE00-7DC0)
    +13 more products
    Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 (US) (6GK5766-1GE00-7DB0) Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (6GK5766-1GE00-7TA0) Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (ME) (6GK5766-1GE00-7TC0) Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (US) (6GK5766-1GE00-7TB0) Siemens SCALANCE WUB762-1 (6GK5762-1AJ00-1AA0) Siemens SCALANCE WUB762-1 iFeatures (6GK5762-1AJ00-2AA0) Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (6GK5763-1AL00-3AA0) Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (6GK5763-1AL00-3DA0) Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (US) (6GK5763-1AL00-3AB0) Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (US) (6GK5763-1AL00-3DB0) Siemens SCALANCE WUM766-1 (6GK5766-1GE00-3DA0) Siemens SCALANCE WUM766-1 (ME) (6GK5766-1GE00-3DC0) Siemens SCALANCE WUM766-1 (USA) (6GK5766-1GE00-3DB0)
    affected: no fix planned

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

cisa ICSA-23-348-14 updated cvss 4.9

Siemens RUGGEDCOM and SCALANCE M-800/S615 Family

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RM1224 LTE(4G) EU (6GK6108-4AM00-2BA2) Siemens RUGGEDCOM RM1224 LTE(4G) NAM (6GK6108-4AM00-2DA2) Siemens SCALANCE M804PB (6GK5804-0AP00-2AA2) Siemens SCALANCE M812-1 ADSL-Router (6GK5812-1AA00-2AA2) Siemens SCALANCE M812-1 ADSL-Router (6GK5812-1BA00-2AA2) Siemens SCALANCE M816-1 ADSL-Router (6GK5816-1AA00-2AA2)
    +14 more products
    Siemens SCALANCE M816-1 ADSL-Router (6GK5816-1BA00-2AA2) Siemens SCALANCE M826-2 SHDSL-Router (6GK5826-2AB00-2AB2) Siemens SCALANCE M874-2 (6GK5874-2AA00-2AA2) Siemens SCALANCE M874-3 (6GK5874-3AA00-2AA2) Siemens SCALANCE M876-3 (6GK5876-3AA02-2BA2) Siemens SCALANCE M876-3 (ROK) (6GK5876-3AA02-2EA2) Siemens SCALANCE M876-4 (6GK5876-4AA10-2BA2) Siemens SCALANCE M876-4 (EU) (6GK5876-4AA00-2BA2) Siemens SCALANCE M876-4 (NAM) (6GK5876-4AA00-2DA2) Siemens SCALANCE MUM853-1 (EU) (6GK5853-2EA00-2DA1) Siemens SCALANCE MUM856-1 (EU) (6GK5856-2EA00-3DA1) Siemens SCALANCE MUM856-1 (RoW) (6GK5856-2EA00-3AA1) Siemens SCALANCE S615 EEC LAN-Router (6GK5615-0AA01-2AA2) Siemens SCALANCE S615 LAN-Router (6GK5615-0AA00-2AA2)
    affected: no fix planned

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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 4.0 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RM1224 LTE(4G) EU
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RM1224 LTE(4G) NAM
  • Siemens SCALANCE M804PB
  • Siemens SCALANCE M812-1 ADSL-Router
  • Siemens SCALANCE M816-1 ADSL-Router
  • Siemens SCALANCE M826-2 SHDSL-Router
  • Siemens SCALANCE M874-2
  • Siemens SCALANCE M874-3
  • Siemens SCALANCE M876-3
  • Siemens SCALANCE M876-3 (ROK)
  • Siemens SCALANCE M876-4
  • Siemens SCALANCE M876-4 (EU)
  • Siemens SCALANCE M876-4 (NAM)
  • Siemens SCALANCE MUM853-1 (EU)
  • Siemens SCALANCE MUM856-1 (EU)
  • Siemens SCALANCE MUM856-1 (RoW)
  • Siemens SCALANCE S615 EEC LAN-Router
  • Siemens SCALANCE S615 LAN-Router
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB205-3 (SC, PN)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB205-3 (ST, E/IP)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB205-3 (ST, PN)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB205-3LD (SC, E/IP)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB205-3LD (SC, PN)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB206-2 (SC)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB206-2 (ST/BFOC)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB206-2 LD
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB206-2 SC
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB206-2 ST
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB206-2LD
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB208 (E/IP)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB208 (PN)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB213-3 (SC, E/IP)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB213-3 (SC, PN)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB213-3 (ST, E/IP)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB213-3 (ST, PN)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB213-3LD (SC, E/IP)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB213-3LD (SC, PN)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB216 (E/IP)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XB216 (PN)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2 (SC)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2 (ST/BFOC)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2G PoE
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2G PoE (54 V DC)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2G PoE EEC (54 V DC)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2SFP
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2SFP EEC
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2SFP G
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2SFP G (EIP DEF.)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC206-2SFP G EEC
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC208

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.