# CVE-2024-9124: Rockwell Automation PowerFlex 6000T CIP Security denial-of-service Vulnerability

> An attacker can overload the Rockwell PowerFlex 6000T drive with requests, causing it to become unavailable and potentially requiring a power cycle to recover.

- **Severity:** High 8.2 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/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:** 8 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c8c4-rjgc-xf4x

## What is CVE-2024-9124?

CVE-2024-9124 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Drives - PowerFlex 6000T, published on 8 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation PowerFlex® 600T. If the device is overloaded with requests, it will become unavailable. The device may require a power cycle to recover it if it does not re-establish a connection after it stops receiving requests.

Weakness: CWE-754 (Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9124?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rockwellautomation Powerflex 6000t Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9124?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9124 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9124 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9124 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9124 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9124 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Drives - PowerFlex 6000T, published on 8 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-2024-9124 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Rockwell Automation Drives - PowerFlex 6000T. 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-2024-9124/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9124/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9124
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9124
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9124

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9124/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.