{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-49251 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-49251 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-49251 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100, published on 9 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-49251 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-49251 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100, published on 9 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-49251 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49251/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49251/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-49251","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49251/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-49251","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-c4wm-h8mm-vr45"],"analysis":{"component_type":"ics_ot","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"Industrial Network Device","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An attacker can add credentials during intermediate installation to gain remote root access on SIMATIC CN 4100 devices.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"siemens","cpe":[{"product":"simatic_cn_4100_firmware","vendor":"siemens"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-639","name":"Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key"}],"description":"A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CN 4100 (All versions \u003c V2.7). The \"intermediate installation\" system state of the affected application allows an attacker to add their own login credentials to the device. This allows an attacker to remotely login as root and take control of the device even after the affected device is fully set up.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Auth bypass in SIMATIC CN 4100","id":"CVE-2023-49251","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Missing authorization in SIMATIC CN 4100","id":"CVE-2023-49252"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Apache DolphinScheduler: Insecure TLS TrustManager used in HttpUtil","id":"CVE-2023-49250"},"products":["SIMATIC CN 4100"],"published":"2024-01-09","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in SIMATIC CN 4100","id":"CVE-2024-32741","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-05-14"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Privilege escalation in SIMATIC CN 4100","id":"CVE-2023-29130","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-07-11"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in SIMATIC CN 4100","id":"CVE-2024-32740","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-05-14"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in SIMATIC CN 4100","id":"CVE-2023-49621","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-01-09"},{"cvss_score":9.2,"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in SIMATIC CN 4100","id":"CVE-2025-40938","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-12-09"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Missing authorization in SIMATIC CN 4100","id":"CVE-2026-22924","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-05-12"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-11-14","vendors":["Siemens"]},"summary":"An attacker can add credentials during intermediate installation to gain remote root access on SIMATIC CN 4100 devices.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49251/"}