CVE-2023-52238 (GCVE-0-2023-52238)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-07-09 12:04
Modified
2025-08-27 20:42
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
2.3 (Low) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM RST2228 (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RST2228P (All versions < V5.9.0). The web server of the affected systems leaks the MACSEC key in clear text to a logged in user. An attacker with the credentials of a low privileged user could retrieve the MACSEC key and access (decrypt) the ethernet frames sent by authorized recipients.
References
productcert@siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-170375.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-170375.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2228 Version: 0   < V5.9.0
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   Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2228P Version: 0   < V5.9.0
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