Rockwell Automation’s Remote Exploit: A Denial-of-Service Comedy of Errors!
View CSAF: Rockwell Automation products have an “improper handling of exceptional conditions” vulnerability, making them as secure as a screen door on a submarine. With a CVSS v4 score of 7.1, users are urged to update and apply mitigations to avoid a major nonrecoverable fault leading to denial-of-service.
Hot Take:
Who knew industrial control systems could have a mid-life crisis? Rockwell Automation’s gear is apparently having a meltdown of epic proportions, and it’s not because it realized it’s not a Tesla. Time to update those versions before your factory floor starts looking like a scene from a disaster movie!
Key Points:
- Rockwell Automation products 1756-L8zS3 and 1756-L3zS3 are vulnerable to remote exploits.
- The vulnerability allows denial-of-service attacks, potentially halting operations.
- Affected versions are prior to V33.017, V34.014, V35.013, V36.011.
- Risk mitigations include software updates and network security enhancements.
- No known public exploitation of this vulnerability has been reported.
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