CVE-2022-45147

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-07-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-502

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo V4.0 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 V16 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 V17 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 V18 (All versions < V18 Update 2). Affected applications do not properly restrict the .NET BinaryFormatter when deserializing user-controllable input. This could allow an attacker to cause a type confusion and execute arbitrary code within the affected application. This is the same issue that exists for .NET BinaryFormatter https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2300.

Affected products

Siemens SIMATIC PCS neo: from 4.0 before 5.0 — fixed in 5.0
Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal): from 16 before 17; from 17 before 18; from 18 before 18_update_2 — fixed in 17, 18, 18_update_2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Siemens SIMATIC PCS neo 5.0; Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) 17, 18, 18_update_2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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