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CVE-2023-2443 (GCVE-0-2023-2443)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-11 18:08 – Updated: 2025-01-24 21:16
VLAI
Summary
Rockwell Automation ThinManager product allows the use of medium strength ciphers.  If the client requests an insecure cipher, a malicious actor could potentially decrypt traffic sent between the client and server API.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-24 21:16 UTC
CWE
  • Rockwell Automation ThinManager Software Utilizes Inadequate Encryption Strength
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Rockwell Automation ThinManager Affected: <=13.0
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