CVE-2022-40227
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V17 Update 4), SIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panels (All versions < V17 Update 4), SIMATIC HMI KTP...
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 56th percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
Several SIMATIC HMI Panels are affected by a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to cause a permanent denial of service condition (requiring a device reboot) by sending specially crafted TCP packets. Siemens has released updates for the affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.8% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 56th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
6 events over 1330 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Patch availableworkaround available, record updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
- simatic hmi comfort panels firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- simatic hmi ktp400 basic firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- simatic hmi ktp700 basic firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- simatic hmi ktp900 basic firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- simatic hmi ktp1200 basic firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- simatic hmi ktp mobile panels firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- siplus hmi ktp400 basic firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- siplus hmi ktp700 basic firmwareICS / OT / IoT
And 12 more affected products. See all after sign-in
Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Scored 7.5 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
- Initial AccessT1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationlow confidence
Sources
References in the record
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-384224.json
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/txt/ssa-384224.txt
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-384224.pdf
And 8 more references. See all after sign-in
Watch the software you run.
My Stack ranks new CVEs for your products by real-world exploitation, so the next serious one reaches you without reading every advisory.
We'll flag the next CVE, public exploit or patch for Siemens, not every advisory.
A free account adds
- The full version matrix and every affected product
- Exploit links, proofs of concept and Metasploit modules
- Email alerts for the products you watch
- The same data over REST API, MCP and CLI