# CVE-2024-28957: Information disclosure in Cente IPv6

> Remote attackers can predict packet header IDs in Cente middleware devices, allowing them to interfere with network communications.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 29 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rvmq-wmg8-hqq7

## What is CVE-2024-28957?

CVE-2024-28957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in DMG MORI Digital Co., LTD. and NEXT Co., Ltd. Cente IPv6, published on 15 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Generation of predictable identifiers issue exists in Cente middleware TCP/IP Network Series. If this vulnerability is exploited, a remote unauthenticated attacker may interfere communications by predicting some packet header IDs of the device.

Weakness: CWE-340 (Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-28957?

It affects 6 products.


Products: Nxtech Cente Ipv6, Nxtech Cente Ipv6 Snmpv2, Nxtech Cente Ipv6 Snmpv3, Nxtech Cente Tcp\/Ipv4, Nxtech Cente Tcp\/Ipv4 Snmpv2, Nxtech Cente Tcp\/Ipv4 Snmpv3.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-28957?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-28957 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-28957 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-28957 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in DMG MORI Digital Co., LTD. and NEXT Co., Ltd. Cente IPv6

- [CVE-2024-23911](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23911/): Denial of service in Cente IPv6 (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-28894](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28894/): Denial of service in Cente IPv6 (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-28957 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-28957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in DMG MORI Digital Co., LTD. and NEXT Co., Ltd. Cente IPv6, published on 15 Apr 2024. 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-2024-28957 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: DMG MORI Digital Co., LTD. and NEXT Co., Ltd. Cente IPv6. 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-2024-28957/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28957/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28957
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28957
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-28957

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28957/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.