# CVE-2022-2336: Softing Secure Integration Server Improper Authentication

> Attackers can gain administrative access to Softing industrial servers using default credentials, requiring users to manually change passwords.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rvxf-x8j2-f3x9

## What is CVE-2022-2336?

CVE-2022-2336 is a critical vulnerability in Softing Secure Integration Server, published on 17 Aug 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Softing Secure Integration Server, edgeConnector, and edgeAggregator software ships with the default administrator credentials as `admin` and password as `admin`. This allows Softing to log in to the server directly to perform administrative functions. Upon installation or upon first login, the application does not ask the user to change the `admin` password. There is no warning or prompt to ask the user to change the default password, and to change the password, many steps are required.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2336?

It affects 6 products.


Products: Softing Edgeaggregator, Softing Edgeconnector, Softing Opc, Softing Opc Ua C\+\+ Software Development Kit, Softing Secure Integration Server, Softing Uagates.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2336?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2336 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2336 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2336 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Softing Secure Integration Server

- [CVE-2023-27335](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27335/): Softing edgeAggregator Client Cross-Site Scripting Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-0860](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0860/): Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information in Softing edgeConnector and edgeAggregator (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2023-27334](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27334/): Softing edgeConnector Siemens ConditionRefresh Resource Exhaustion Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-27336](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27336/): Softing edgeConnector Siemens OPC UA Server Null Pointer Dereference Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-38125](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38125/): Softing edgeAggregator Permissive Cross-domain Policy with Untrusted Domains Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2336 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2336 is a critical vulnerability in Softing Secure Integration Server, published on 17 Aug 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2336 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Softing Secure Integration Server. 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-2022-2336/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2336/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2336
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2336
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2336

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2336/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.