CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2022-29953 — Bakerhughes Bently Nevada 3701/40 Firmware security vulnerability

Critical CVSS 9.8

The Bently Nevada 3700 series of condition monitoring equipment through 2022-04-29 has a maintenance interface on port 4001/TCP with undocumented, hardcoded credentials. An attacker capable of connecting to this interface can thus trivially take over its functionality.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.8 (3.1)
Published
2022-07-26
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-798

Affected products

  • bakerhughes / bently_nevada_3701/40_firmware
  • bakerhughes / bently_nevada_3701/44_firmware
  • bakerhughes / bently_nevada_3701/46_firmware
  • bakerhughes / bently_nevada_60m100_firmware

Matched remediation archetype

Authentication bypass and missing authentication

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Check exposure

  • Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
  • Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
  • Review session, token, credential, and proxy trust configuration without attempting account takeover.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
  • Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.
  • Add negative tests for alternate routes, malformed or absent credentials, recovery flows, and proxy-derived identity.

Authoritative sources

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