# CVE-2020-10600: OSIsoft PI System

> An authenticated attacker can crash the PI Archive Subsystem under memory pressure, blocking queries to the PI Data Archive.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jul 2020
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3h4f-76g6-g5wc

## What is CVE-2020-10600?

CVE-2020-10600 is a medium-severity vulnerability in OSIsoft PI Data Archive, published on 24 Jul 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An authenticated remote attacker could crash PI Archive Subsystem when the subsystem is working under memory pressure. This can result in blocking queries to PI Data Archive (2018 SP2 and prior versions).

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10600?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Osisoft Pi Data Archive.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-10600?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-10600 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-10600 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10600 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in OSIsoft PI Data Archive

- [CVE-2018-7533](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7533/): Misconfiguration in OSIsoft PI Data Archive (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-10604](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10604/): Denial of service in OSIsoft PI System multiple products and versions (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2018-7529](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7529/): Deserialization in OSIsoft PI Data Archive (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2017-7930](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7930/): Auth bypass in OSIsoft PI Server 2017 (high 7.4)
- [CVE-2018-7531](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7531/): Denial of service in OSIsoft PI Data Archive (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-10600 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-10600 is a medium-severity vulnerability in OSIsoft PI Data Archive, published on 24 Jul 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10600 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: OSIsoft PI Data Archive. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10600/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10600/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10600
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10600
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10600

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