CVE-2023-6357: OS Command Injection in multiple CODESYS products

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-12-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

A low-privileged remote attacker could exploit the vulnerability and inject additional system commands via file system libraries which could give the attacker full control of the device.

Affected products

CODESYS Control for BeagleBone SL: before 4.11.0.0 — fixed in 4.11.0.0
CODESYS Control For Empc-A/Imx6: before 4.11.0.0 — fixed in 4.11.0.0
CODESYS Control for IOT2000 SL: before 4.11.0.0 — fixed in 4.11.0.0
CODESYS Control for Linux ARM SL: before 4.11.0.0 — fixed in 4.11.0.0
CODESYS Control for Linux SL: before 4.11.0.0 — fixed in 4.11.0.0
CODESYS Control for PFC100 SL: before 4.11.0.0 — fixed in 4.11.0.0
CODESYS Control for PFC200 SL: before 4.11.0.0 — fixed in 4.11.0.0
CODESYS Control for PLCnext SL: before 4.11.0.0 — fixed in 4.11.0.0
CODESYS Control for Raspberry Pi SL: before 4.11.0.0 — fixed in 4.11.0.0
CODESYS Control for WAGO Touch Panels 600 SL: before 4.11.0.0 — fixed in 4.11.0.0
CODESYS Runtime Toolkit: before 3.5.19.50 — fixed in 3.5.19.50

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: CODESYS Control for BeagleBone SL 4.11.0.0; CODESYS Control For Empc-A/Imx6 4.11.0.0; CODESYS Control for IOT2000 SL 4.11.0.0; CODESYS Control for Linux ARM SL 4.11.0.0; CODESYS Control for Linux SL 4.11.0.0; CODESYS Control for PFC100 SL 4.11.0.0; CODESYS Control for PFC200 SL 4.11.0.0; CODESYS Control for PLCnext SL 4.11.0.0; CODESYS Control for Raspberry Pi SL 4.11.0.0; CODESYS Control for WAGO Touch Panels 600 SL 4.11.0.0; CODESYS Runtime Toolkit 3.5.19.50. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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