CVE-2023-38558

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 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: 2023-09-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-538

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo (Administration Console) V4.0 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS neo (Administration Console) V4.0 Update 1 (All versions). The affected application leaks Windows admin credentials. An attacker with local access to the Administration Console could get the credentials, and impersonate the admin user, thereby gaining admin access to other Windows systems.

Affected products

Siemens SIMATIC PCS neo: 4.0, 4.0-update_1

References

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-646240.pdf
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-646240.pdf

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