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A package gets installed. A login prompt opens. A box sits exposed to the internet. Nothing looks unusual yet. That’s roughly the mood this week. Trusted tools turn hostile, old weak spots get fresh attention, AI makes exploit work cheaper, and researchers keep finding attacks that sound harder...

AI-Generated Exploit Scripts Target Siemens S7 PLCs in U.S. Critical Infrastructure

The U.S. government on Wednesday warned of an "active threat" targeting critical infrastructure organizations in the country using artificial intelligence AI-generated exploit scripts. The activity is targeting Siemens S7 SeriesProgrammable Logic Controllers PLCs to conduct reconnaissance and...

Exploit for Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Siemens Simatic_S7-1500_Cpu_1518F-4_Pn\/Dp_Mfp_Firmware

CVE-2023-44487-HTTP2-DoS-Rapid-Reset-Exploit Advanced CVE-2023...

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518 MFP NULL Pointer Dereference (CVE-2026-23242)

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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518 MFP Resource Leak (CVE-2025-40300)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/vmscape: Add conditional IBPB mitigation VMSCAPE is a vulnerability that exploits insufficient branch predictor isolation between a guest and a userspace hypervisor like QEMU. Existing mitigations already protect kernel/KVM...

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518 MFP Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CVE-2025-68764)

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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518 MFP Improper Input Validation (CVE-2025-37980)

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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518 MFP Expired Pointer Dereference (CVE-2026-31396)

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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518 MFP Improper Input Validation (CVE-2025-39845)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/mm/64: define ARCHPAGETABLESYNCMASK and archsynckernelmappings Define ARCHPAGETABLESYNCMASK and archsynckernelmappings to ensure page tables are properly synchronized when calling pdpopulatekernel. For 5-level paging,...

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518 MFP Improper Input Validation (CVE-2026-31680)

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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518 MFP Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies (CVE-2025-39955)

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S7 module enumeration

Enumerates rack/slot modules on a Siemens S7 PLC using SZL 0x0013 reads CPU, IO, CP modules. !/usr/bin/env python3 -- coding: utf-8 -- from kittysploit import from lib.protocols.ics.constants import ICSPROTOCOLPORTS from lib.protocols.ics.icsscannerclient import Icsscannerclient from...

S7 protection level check

Detects Siemens S7 PLCs with weak or missing access protection protection level 1 / no password. !/usr/bin/env python3 -- coding: utf-8 -- from kittysploit import from lib.protocols.ics.constants import ICSPROTOCOLPORTS from lib.protocols.ics.icsscannerclient import Icsscannerclient from...

S7comm identify

Connects to Siemens S7 PLCs over ISO-on-TCP port 102 and reads CPU / module identification plus protection level via SZL. !/usr/bin/env python3 -- coding: utf-8 -- from kittysploit import from lib.protocols.ics.constants import ICSPROTOCOLPORTS from lib.protocols.ics.icsscannerclient import...

Siemens S7-1200 PLC control

Sends raw S7comm-plus style commands to start, stop, reset, or factory-reset an unprotected Siemens S7-1200 PLC CPU. !/usr/bin/env python3 -- coding: utf-8 -- """ Siemens S7-1200 PLC control. Uses raw S7comm-plus style packets to start, stop, or reset unprotected S7-1200 CPUs. """ from future...

Siemens S7-300/400 PLC control

Sends raw S7comm CPU start/stop commands to Siemens S7-300 and S7-400 PLCs via the PIP PROGRAM interface. !/usr/bin/env python3 -- coding: utf-8 -- """ Siemens S7-300/400 PLC control. Uses classic S7comm PIP PROGRAM requests to start or stop S7-300 and S7-400 CPUs. """ from future import...

S7 CPU STOP

Sends a STOP command to a Siemens S7 PLC CPU. This halts the running process and is extremely disruptive — lab use only with explicit authorization. !/usr/bin/env python3 -- coding: utf-8 -- from kittysploit import from lib.protocols.ics.constants import ICSPROTOCOLPORTS from...

S7comm Client

Connects to a Siemens S7 PLC and creates an interactive S7comm shell session !/usr/bin/env python3 -- coding: utf-8 -- """S7comm bind listener — opens an ISO-on-TCP session to a Siemens PLC.""" from kittysploit import from lib.protocols.ics.constants import ICSPROTOCOLPORTS from...

Siemens SIMATIC S7 PLC Web Server Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CVE-2026-25787)

Affected devices do not properly validate and sanitize Technology Object TO name rendered on the 'Motion Control Diagnostics' page of the web interface. This could allow an authenticated attacker who is authorized to download a TIA project into the product, to inject malicious scripts into the...

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres (CVE-2026-31431)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: algifaead - Revert to operating out-of-place This mostly reverts commit 72548b093ee3 except for the copying of the associated data. There is no benefit in operating in-place in algifaead since the source and destination...