- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 0.44%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 61% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
KEPServerEX does not properly validate certificates from clients which may allow unauthenticated users to connect.
Timeline
ID reserved
By icscert
- 29 days later
· 29 days later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| icscertCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 61% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
- affected ≤ 6.14.263.0
PTC · ThingWorx Kepware Server
- affected ≤ 6.14.263.0
PTC · ThingWorx Industrial Connectivity
- affected All versions
- affected ≤ 6.14
- affected ≤ 1.7
Rockwell Automation · KEPServer Enterprise
- affected ≤ 6.14.263.0
GE Gigital · Industrial Gateway Server
- affected ≤ 7.614
- affected ≤ 6.14.263.0
What to do
Solution: PTC has released and recommends users to update to the following versions: * KEPServerEX should upgrade to v6.15 or later * ThingWorx Kepware Server should upgrade to v6.15 or later * ThingWorx Industrial Connectivity should upgrade to ThingWorx Kepware Server v6.15 or later * OPC-Aggregator should upgrade to v6.15 or later * ThingWorx Kepware Edge: Upgrade to v1.8 or later Refer to secure configuration guide here https://www.ptc.com/en/support/refdoc/ThingWorx_Kepware_Server/6.15/ThingWorx%20Kepware%20Server%20Secure%20Deployment%20Guide If additional questions remain, please contact PTC Technical Support https://support.ptc.com/apps/case_logger_viewer/cs/auth/ssl/log For more information, see PTC's advisory https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS405439 .
References
References1
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-334-03 (opens in a new tab)government-resourcex_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-58182 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2023-5909)Record last updated .