CVE-2017-6868 json
An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in Siemens SIMATIC CP 44x-1 RNA, all versions prior to 1.4.1.
published 2017-07-07 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-15922
- cvss
- 8.1
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 4.2%
- EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in Siemens SIMATIC CP 44x-1 RNA, all versions prior to 1.4.1. An unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to perform administrative actions on the Communication Process (CP) of the RNA series module, if network access to Port 102/TCP is available and the configuration file for the CP is stored on the RNA's CPU.
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
cisa ICSA-17-173-01 updated cvss 9.8
Siemens SIMATIC CP 44x-1 Redundant Network Access Modules
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Siemens SIMATIC CP 44x-1 RNA < 1.4.1affected: vendor fix support.industry.siemens.com
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
Exploit prediction
4.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- n/a Siemens SIMATIC CP 44x-1 Redundant Network Access Modules
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
References
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securityfocus.com
/bid/99234
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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securitytracker.com
/id/1038788
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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ics-cert.us-cert.gov
/advisories/ICSA-17-173-01
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
- siemens.com /cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-126840.pdf
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-6868
- NVD CVE-2017-6868
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