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CVE-2022-21798: ICSA-22-053-02 GE Proficy CIMPLICITY-Cleartext

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-02-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-319

Description

The affected product is vulnerable due to cleartext transmission of credentials seen in the CIMPLICITY network, which can be easily spoofed and used to log in to make operational changes to the system.

Affected products

• GE CIMPLICITY: all versions

References

• https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-053-02
• https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-053-02

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