icsa-22-298-02
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa
Published
2022-10-25 06:00
Modified
2025-09-30 06:00
Summary
HEIDENHAIN Controller TNC (Update A)

Notes

Legal Notice and Terms of Use
This product is provided subject to this Notification (https://www.cisa.gov/notification) and this Privacy & Use policy (https://www.cisa.gov/privacy-policy).
Risk evaluation
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause a loss of sensitive data, manipulation of information, and a denial-of-service.
Critical infrastructure sectors
Critical Manufacturing, Communications, Energy, Healthcare and Public Health
Countries/areas deployed
Worldwide
Company headquarters location
Germany
Recommended Practices
CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability, such as:
Recommended Practices
Minimize network exposure for all control system devices and/or systems, ensuring they are not accessible from the Internet.
Recommended Practices
Locate control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls and isolating them from business networks.
Recommended Practices
When remote access is required, use more secure methods, such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). Recognize VPNs may have vulnerabilities, should be updated to the most recent version available, and are only as secure as the connected devices.
Recommended Practices
CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
Recommended Practices
CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Recommended Practices
CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.
Recommended Practices
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Recommended Practices
Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
Recommended Practices
No known public exploitation specifically targeting this vulnerability has been reported to CISA at this time. This vulnerability has a high attack complexity.



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    "acknowledgments": [
      {
        "names": [
          "Marco Balduzzi"
        ],
        "organization": "Trend Micro",
        "summary": "reporting this vulnerability to CISA"
      },
      {
        "names": [
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      },
      {
        "category": "general",
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    "title": "HEIDENHAIN Controller TNC (Update A)",
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  "vulnerabilities": [
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2022-41648",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-1188",
        "name": "Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default"
      },
      "notes": [
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          "category": "summary",
          "text": "The HEIDENHAIN Controller TNC 640 NC software Version 340590 07 SP5, is vulnerable to improper authentication in its DNC communication for CNC machines. Authentication is not enabled by default for DNC communication. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to deny service on the production line, steal sensitive data from the production line, and alter any products created by the production line. Note: CNC machines running the TNC 640 controller require DNC to be enabled for DNC communication to be present.",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
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        {
          "category": "external",
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          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
        }
      ],
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "HEIDENHAIN has identified the following specific workarounds and mitigations users can apply to reduce risk:",
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            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Block LSV2 and DNC communication using the integrated firewall in the controller\u0027s operating system.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Use zone firewalls to isolate and segment the network of the affected devices.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Ask your machinery vendor (running HEIDENHAIN controllers) for updates to a recent software version, where SSH tunneling is standard.",
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            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "scores": [
        {
          "cvss_v3": {
            "baseScore": 8.1,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.1"
          },
          "products": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}


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