HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2022-1159

Controllogix 5580 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
7.7
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Designer (all versions) are vulnerable when an attacker who achieves administrator access on a workstation running Studio 5000 Logix Designer could inject controller code undetectable to a user.
Affected vendor
Rockwellautomation
Affected product
Controllogix 5580 Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2022-04-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-1159

  • Confirm whether Rockwellautomation Controllogix 5580 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-1159.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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