CVE-2023-4816

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 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: 2023-09-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

A vulnerability exists in the Equipment Tag Out authentication, when configured with Single Sign-On (SSO) with password validation in T214. This vulnerability can be exploited by an authenticated user per-forming an Equipment Tag Out holder action (Accept, Release, and Clear) for another user and entering an arbitrary password in the holder action confirmation dialog box. Despite entering an arbitrary password in the confirmation box, the system will execute the selected holder action.

Affected products

Hitachi Energy Asset Suite: through 9.6.3.11.1; 9.6.4

References

https://images.go.hitachienergy.com/Web/ABBEnterpriseSoftware/%7B70b3d323-4866-42e1-8a75-58996729c1d4%7D_8DBD000172-VU-2023-23_Asset_Suite_Tagout_vulnerability_Rev1.pdf
https://images.go.hitachienergy.com/Web/ABBEnterpriseSoftware/%7B70b3d323-4866-42e1-8a75-58996729c1d4%7D_8DBD000172-VU-2023-23_Asset_Suite_Tagout_vulnerability_Rev1.pdf

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