CVE-2024-48842 Hardcoded passwords
High 7.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-48842 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-48842 is a high-severity vulnerability in ABB FLXEON, published on 17 Sep 2025. 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-2024-48842 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: ABB FLXEON. 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-2024-48842/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48842/index.md)
Attackers can exploit hardcoded credentials in ABB FLXEON to gain unauthorized access and potentially read sensitive data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-48842?
CVE-2024-48842 is a high-severity vulnerability in ABB FLXEON, published on 17 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in ABB FLXEON.This issue affects FLXEON: through 9.3.5 and newer versions
Weakness: CWE-798
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-48842?
How do I fix CVE-2024-48842?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-48842 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-48842 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-48842 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2r6p-73q6-355q.