CVE-2017-6868
An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in Siemens SIMATIC CP 44x-1 RNA, all versions prior to 1.4.1. An unauthenticated remote…
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Description
An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in Siemens SIMATIC CP 44x-1 RNA, all versions prior to 1.4.1. An unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to perform administrative actions on the Communication Process (CP) of the RNA series module, if network access to Port 102/TCP is available and the configuration file for the CP is stored on the RNA's CPU.
Timeline
ID reserved
By icscert
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 9.0% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
Siemens SIMATIC CP 44x-1 Redundant Network Access Modules
- affected Siemens SIMATIC CP 44x-1 Redundant Network Access Modules
References (4)
- 99234 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1038788 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-173-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-126840.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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