CVE-2024-23816
Published: 13 February 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-23816 is a critical-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in Siemens Location Intelligence. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 16.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-21269
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability has been identified in Location Intelligence Perpetual Large (9DE5110-8CA13-1AX0) (All versions < V4.3), Location Intelligence Perpetual Medium (9DE5110-8CA12-1AX0) (All versions < V4.3), Location Intelligence Perpetual Non-Prod (9DE5110-8CA10-1AX0) (All versions < V4.3), Location Intelligence Perpetual Small (9DE5110-8CA11-1AX0) (All versions…
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< V4.3), Location Intelligence SUS Large (9DE5110-8CA13-1BX0) (All versions < V4.3), Location Intelligence SUS Medium (9DE5110-8CA12-1BX0) (All versions < V4.3), Location Intelligence SUS Non-Prod (9DE5110-8CA10-1BX0) (All versions < V4.3), Location Intelligence SUS Small (9DE5110-8CA11-1BX0) (All versions < V4.3). Affected products use a hard-coded secret value for the computation of a Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code. This could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain full administrative access to the application.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Enables users to notice when hard-coded credentials have been exploited for unauthorized access.
Security training explicitly warns against hard-coded credentials, lowering their use in systems.
Policy and procedures prohibit hard-coded credentials in favor of managed authentication.
External identity providers eliminate the need for hard-coded credentials in applications.
Changing default authenticators prior to first use and protecting content prevents use of hard-coded credentials.
Central credential stores and rotation policies remove the need for hard-coded credentials in configuration files or code.
Intelligence programs surface reports of campaigns that abuse hard-coded credentials in products, prompting removal or replacement and thereby reducing successful exploitation.
Planned investment enables secure credential storage and management systems instead of hard-coded credentials.