CVE-2024-31978

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-04-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC NMS (All versions < V2.0 SP2). Affected devices allow authenticated users to export monitoring data. The corresponding API endpoint is susceptible to path traversal and could allow an authenticated attacker to download files from the file system. Under certain circumstances the downloaded files are deleted from the file system.

Affected products

Siemens SINEC NMS: before V2.0 SP2 — fixed in V2.0 SP2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Siemens SINEC NMS V2.0 SP2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-128433.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-128433.html

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