8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.014 Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.1%
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause a denial-of-service condition.
The following versions of Rockwell products are affected:
Rockwell Automation has been made aware of a third-party vulnerability present in multiple vendor components currently in use. Due to how Rockwell Automation uses the Chromium web browser, exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the affected products to become temporarily unavailable. As a result, the CVSS Score was adjusted to reflect how this vulnerability affects these Rockwell products.
CVE-2022-1096 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 4.0 has been assigned; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).
Rockwell Automation reported this vulnerability to CISA.
Rockwell Automation is in the process of testing and validating the patch and will update this advisory for each product as updated firmware becomes available.
Users currently utilizing the FactoryTalk View Site Edition should avoid using the web browser control if it is not required for the intended use of the product.
Users currently utilizing the FactoryTalk View Site Edition web browser can manually download and apply the updated version of WebView2 by performing these recommended actions:
Users currently utilizing Enhanced HIM (eHIM) for Power Flex 6000T drives should perform the following recommended actions to address the vulnerability:
If applying the mitigations noted above is not feasible, then see Rockwell Automation’s Knowledgebase article, Security Best Practices (login required), for additional recommendations for maintaining adequate environment security posture.
CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B–Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
This vulnerability is not exploitable remotely.
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8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.014 Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.1%