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CVE-2023-2638: Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk System Services Vulnerable to a Denial-of-Service Attack

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 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: 2023-06-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Rockwell Automation's FactoryTalk System Services does not verify that a backup configuration archive is password protected.   Improper authorization in FTSSBackupRestore.exe may lead to the loading of malicious configuration archives.  This vulnerability may allow a local, authenticated non-admin user to craft a malicious backup archive, without password protection, that will be loaded by FactoryTalk System Services as a valid backup when a restore procedure takes places. User interaction is required for this vulnerability to be successfully exploited.

Affected products

• Rockwellautomation Factorytalk Policy Manager: 6.11.0
• Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk System Services: 6.11.0

References

• https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1139683
• https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1139683

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