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critical 9.8

CVE-2018-11462 json

A vulnerability has been identified in SINUMERIK 808D V4.7 (All versions), SINUMERIK 808D V4.8 (All versions), SINUMERIK 828D V4.7 (All ver…

published 2018-12-12 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-3493

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
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 vulnerability has been identified in SINUMERIK 808D V4.7 (All versions), SINUMERIK 808D V4.8 (All versions), SINUMERIK 828D V4.7 (All versions < V4.7 SP6 HF1), SINUMERIK 840D sl V4.7 (All versions < V4.7 SP6 HF5), SINUMERIK 840D sl V4.8 (All versions < V4.8 SP3). By sending a specially crafted authentication request to the affected systems a remote attacker could escalate his privileges to an elevated user account but not to root. The security vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker with network access to the affected systems. Successful exploitation requires no privileges and no user interaction. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise confidentiality, integrity and availability of the system. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-18-345-02 updated cvss 9.8

ICSA-18-345-02 Siemens SINUMERIK Controllers (Update A)

  • Siemens SINUMERIK 808D V4.7 <V4.91 Siemens SINUMERIK 808D V4.8 <V4.91 Siemens SINUMERIK 828D V4.7 <V4.7_SP6_HF1 Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl V4.7 <V4.7_SP6_HF5 Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl V4.8 <V4.8_SP3
    affected: mitigation

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

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
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 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Siemens AG SINUMERIK 808D V4.7, SINUMERIK 808D V4.8, SINUMERIK 828D V4.7, SINUMERIK 840D sl V4.7, SINUMERIK 840D sl V4.8

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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