CVE-2023-37559
CODESYS Improper Validation of Consistency within Input in multiple products
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 48th 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
After successful authentication as a user in multiple Codesys products in multiple versions, specific crafted network communication requests with inconsistent content can cause the CmpAppForce component to read internally from an invalid address, potentially leading to a denial-of-service condition. This vulnerability is different to CVE-2023-37558
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
0.6% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 48th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
6 events over 1057 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- OpenVAS check added
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
- CODESYS Control for BeagleBone SLICS / OT / IoT
- CODESYS Control for emPC-A/iMX6 SLICS / OT / IoT
- CODESYS Control for IOT2000 SLICS / OT / IoT
- CODESYS Control for Linux SLICS / OT / IoT
- CODESYS Control for PFC100 SLICS / OT / IoT
- CODESYS Control for PFC200 SLICS / OT / IoT
- CODESYS Control for PLCnext SLICS / OT / IoT
- CODESYS Control for Raspberry Pi SLICS / OT / IoT
- CODESYS Control RTE (SL)ICS / OT / IoT
- CODESYS Control RTE (for Beckhoff CX) SLICS / OT / IoT
- CODESYS Control Win (SL)ICS / OT / IoT
- CODESYS Control Runtime System ToolkitICS / OT / IoT
- CODESYS Safety SIL2 Runtime ToolkitICS / OT / IoT
- CODESYS Safety SIL2 PSPICS / OT / IoT
- CODESYS HMI (SL)ICS / OT / IoT
- CODESYS Development System V3ICS / OT / IoT
And 32 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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Scored 6.5 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 LowRequires basic user-level privileges
- 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.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2023-019/
- festo.csaf-tp.certvde.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2026/fsa-202601.json
- certvde.com/en/advisories/vendor/festo/
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