IP Forwarding enabled in B&R Automation Runtime

published 2024-08-10 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-46949

cvss: 5.3; version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
public exploits: 0; none known

Enabled IP Forwarding feature in B&R Automation Runtime versions before 6.0.2 may allow remote attack-ers to compromise network security by routing IP-based packets through the host, potentially by-passing firewall, router, or NAC filtering.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

B&R Industrial Automation Automation Runtime 6.0, 6.0.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-08-12)

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
CNA	4.0	5.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
CNA	4.0	5.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/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

Affected products

B&R Industrial Automation Automation Runtime

Classification

Weakness

CWE-1188 Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
CWE-653 Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization

References

br-automation.com /fileadmin/SA24P011-d8aaf02f.pdf

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-5801
NVD CVE-2024-5801

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Summary