Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-48427

High

Published: 12 December 2023

Published
12 December 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0008 23.3th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-48427 is a high-severity Improper Certificate Validation (CWE-295) vulnerability in Siemens Sinec Ins. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 23.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC INS (All versions < V1.0 SP2 Update 2). Affected products do not properly validate the certificate of the configured UMC server. This could allow an attacker to intercept credentials that are sent to…

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the UMC server as well as to manipulate responses, potentially allowing an attacker to escalate privileges.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

siemens
sinec ins
1.0 · ≤ 1.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-295

When certificates are used to establish component provenance, the control requires correct certificate validation procedures.

addresses: CWE-295

Mandates approved trust anchors and issuance policies, directly preventing acceptance of unvalidated or untrusted certificates.

addresses: CWE-295

Correct system time is required for proper enforcement of certificate notBefore/notAfter dates and time-based revocation checks.

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