# CVE-2022-3156: Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Emulate Vulnerable to a Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

> A misconfiguration in Rockwell Studio 5000 Logix Emulate grants elevated permissions, allowing malicious users to achieve remote code execution.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 10 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vh82-wv6w-hf86

## What is CVE-2022-3156?

CVE-2022-3156 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Emulate, published on 27 Dec 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Emulate software.  Users are granted elevated permissions on certain product services when the software is installed. Due to 
this misconfiguration, a malicious user could potentially achieve remote code execution on the targeted software.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3156?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rockwellautomation Studio 5000 Logix Emulate.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3156?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3156 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3156 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3156 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3156 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3156 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Emulate, published on 27 Dec 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3156 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Emulate. 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-2022-3156/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3156/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3156
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3156
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3156

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3156/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.