Use of Hard-Coded Credentials in Rapid SCADA

published 2024-02-01 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-19378

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits: 0; none known

In Rapid Software LLC's Rapid SCADA versions prior to Version 5.8.4, the product uses hard-coded credentials, which may allow an attacker to connect to a specific port.

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-24-011-03 updated 2024-01-11 cvss 9.8

Rapid Software LLC Rapid SCADA

Rapid Software LLC Rapid SCADA <=5.8.4
affected: mitigation “Rapid Software did not respond to CISA's attempts at coordination. Users of RapidSCADA are encouraged to contact Rapid Software and keep their systems up to date.”

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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-17)

Exploit prediction

0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Rapid Software LLC Rapid SCADA

Classification

Weakness

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

cisa.gov /news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-011-03
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
rapidscada.org /contact/
product

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-21764
NVD CVE-2024-21764

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Summary