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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2022-45147 json

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo V4.0 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 V16 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 V17 (All vers…

published 2024-07-09 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-48060

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo V4.0 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 V16 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 V17 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 V18 (All versions < V18 Update 2). Affected applications do not properly restrict the .NET BinaryFormatter when deserializing user-controllable input. This could allow an attacker to cause a type confusion and execute arbitrary code within the affected application.

This is the same issue that exists for .NET BinaryFormatter https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2300.

Patch / fix

  • Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 V18 V18 Update 2
  • siemens simatic_pcs_neo 5.0
  • siemens simatic_step_7 17, 18, 18_update_2

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-24-193-17 updated cvss 7.8

Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal)

  • Siemens SIMATIC PCS neo V4.0 Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 V16 Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 V17
    affected: mitigation, no fix planned
  • Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 V18 <V18_Update_2
    affected: fixed in V18, mitigation

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
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 4.0 8.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 8.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Siemens SIMATIC PCS neo V4.0
  • Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 V16
  • Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 V17
  • Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 V18
  • siemens simatic_pcs_neo
  • siemens simatic_step_7

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

Sources

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