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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2017-7903 json

A Weak Password Requirements issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 programmable-logic controllers 1763-…

published 2017-06-30 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16874

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.8%
EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A Weak Password Requirements issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 programmable-logic controllers 1763-L16AWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1763-L16BBB, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1763-L16BWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; and 1763-L16DWD, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions and Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1400 programmable logic controllers 1766-L32AWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BWAA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BXB, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BXBA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; and 1766-L32AWAA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions. The affected products use a numeric password with a small maximum character size for the password.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-17-115-04 updated cvss 9.8

Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 and 1400

  • Rockwell Automation 1763-L16AWA Series A and B <= 16.00 Rockwell Automation 1763-L16BBB Series A and B <= 16.00 Rockwell Automation 1763-L16BWA Series A and B <= 16.00 Rockwell Automation 1763-L16DWD Series A and B <= 16.00 Rockwell Automation 1766-L32AWA Series A and B <= 16.00 Rockwell Automation 1766-L32AWAA Series A and B <= 16.00
    +4 more products
    Rockwell Automation 1766-L32BWA Series A and B <= 16.00 Rockwell Automation 1766-L32BWAA Series A and B <= 16.00 Rockwell Automation 1766-L32BXB Series A and B <= 16.00 Rockwell Automation 1766-L32BXBA Series A and B <= 16.00
    affected: mitigation “Rockwell Automation's new firmware version for the Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1400 Series B controllers, FRN 21.00” rockwellautomation.custhelp.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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
5 mo ago

Exploit prediction

3.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 and 1400

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-521 Weak Password Requirements
  • CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

Sources

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