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critical 10.0

CVE-2024-32741 json

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CN 4100 (All versions < V3.0).

published 2024-05-14 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-30528

cvss
10.0
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

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CN 4100 (All versions < V3.0). The affected device contains hard coded password which is used for the privileged system user `root` and for the boot loader `GRUB` by default . An attacker who manages to crack the password hash gains root access to the device.

Patch / fix

  • Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100 V3.0
  • siemens simatic_cn_4100 3.0

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-24-137-06 updated cvss 10.0

Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100

  • Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100 <V3.0
    affected: fixed in V3.0

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
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.63% 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 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100
  • siemens simatic_cn_4100

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-259 Use of Hard-coded Password

References

Sources

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