PT-2024-15394 · B&R · B&R Technology Guarding+1

Published 2024-02-22 · Updated 2025-05-06 · CVE-2024-0220

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions B&R Automation Studio Upgrade Service and B&R Technology Guarding (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient cryptography used for communication to the upgrade and licensing servers. A network-based attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code on the products or sniff sensitive data.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Code Injection

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1240

CWE-94

CWE-319

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-0220

Affected Products

B&R Automation Studio Upgrade Service

B&R Technology Guarding

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0220 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0220 · Security Note
• https://br-automation.com/fileadmin/SA23P019_Automation_Studio_Upgrade_Service_uses_insufficient_encryption.pdf-1b3b181c.pdf · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/121057 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1760613078239203570 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1760907388662780077 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/95329 · Telegram Post