# CVE-2024-6207: Denial of service in Compact GuardLogix 5380 SIL 2

> Attackers can cause denial of service on Rockwell PLCs by sending crafted CIP messages, requiring controller downloads to recover.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gq7m-h265-px53

## What is CVE-2024-6207?

CVE-2024-6207 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Compact GuardLogix 5380 SIL 2, published on 14 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

CVE 2021-22681 https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/trust-center/security-advisories/advisory.PN1550.html  and send a specially crafted CIP message to the device.  If exploited, a threat actor could help prevent access to the legitimate user and end connections to connected devices including the workstation.  To recover the controllers, a download is required which ends any process that the controller is running.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6207?

It affects 8 products.


Products: Rockwellautomation Compact Guardlogix 5380 Sil 2 Firmware, Rockwellautomation Compact Guardlogix 5380 Sil 3 Firmware, Rockwellautomation Compactlogix 5380 Firmware, Rockwellautomation Compactlogix 5480 Firmware, Rockwellautomation Controllogix 5580 Firmware, Rockwellautomation Controllogix 5580 Process Firmware, Rockwellautomation Factorytalk Logix Echo Firmware, Rockwellautomation Guardlogix 5580 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6207?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6207 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6207 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6207 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation Compact GuardLogix 5380 SIL 2

- [CVE-2024-7507](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7507/): Denial of service in Compact GuardLogix 5380 (5069- L3zS2) (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2024-7515](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7515/): Denial of service in Compact GuardLogix 5380 (5069 – L3zS2) (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6207 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6207 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Compact GuardLogix 5380 SIL 2, published on 14 Oct 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-2024-6207 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Rockwell Automation Compact GuardLogix 5380 SIL 2. 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-2024-6207/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6207/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6207
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6207
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6207

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6207/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.