Publication Date:
Last Update:
Current Version: V1.2
CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 6.5
Affected Product and Versions Remediation

All versions < V5.2

Update to the latest version of Nucleus ReadyStart V3 or V4
Note that the latest version of Nucleus NET (V5.2) is not affected, but is already beyond end of software support
Contact customer support or your local Nucleus Sales team for mitigation advice

All versions < V2012.12
Update to V2012.12 or later version

All versions
Contact customer support to receive patch and update information
  • Protect transmitted data with cryptographic protocols such as Transport Layer Security

Product-specific remediations or mitigations can be found in the section Affected Products and Solution.
Please follow the General Security Recommendations.

As a general security measure, Siemens strongly recommends to protect network access to devices with appropriate mechanisms. In order to operate the devices in a protected IT environment, Siemens recommends to configure the environment according to Siemens' operational guidelines for Industrial Security (Download: https://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security), and to follow the recommendations in the product manuals.

Additional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity

The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSS scoring system in version 3.1 (CVSS v3.1) (https://www.first.org/cvss/). The CVSS environmental score is specific to the customer’s environment and will impact the overall CVSS score. The environmental score should therefore be individually defined by the customer to accomplish final scoring.

An additional classification has been performed using the CWE classification, a community-developed list of common software security weaknesses. This serves as a common language and as a baseline for weakness identification, mitigation, and prevention efforts. A detailed list of CWE classes can be found at: https://cwe.mitre.org/.

CVSS v3.1 Base Score 6.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CWE CWE-342: Predictable Exact Value from Previous Values

  • Daniel dos Santos from Forescout Technologies for coordinated disclosure

https://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories

V1.0 (2021-02-09): Publication Date
V1.1 (2021-11-09): Consolidated list of products
V1.2 (2022-11-08): Removed Capital VSTAR as it is not affected by CVE-2022-28388