CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2023-27465 — Siemens Simotion D425-2 Dp Firmware security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 4.6

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMOTION C240 (All versions >= V5.4 < V5.5 SP1), SIMOTION C240 PN (All versions >= V5.4 < V5.5 SP1), SIMOTION D410-2 DP (All versions >= V5.4 < V5.5 SP1), SIMOTION D410-2 DP/PN (All versions >= V5.4 < V5.5 SP1), SIMOTION D425-2 DP (All versions >= V5.4 < V5.5 SP1), SIMOTION D425-2 DP/PN (All versions >= V5.4 < V5.5 SP1), SIMOTION D435-2 DP (All versions >= V5.4 < V5.5 SP1), SIMOTION D435-2 DP/PN (All versions >= V5.4 < V5.5 SP1), SIMOTION D445-2 DP/PN (All versions >= V5.4), SIMOTION D445-2 DP/PN (All versions >= V5.4 < V5.5 SP1), SIMOTION D455-2 DP/PN (All versions >= V5.4 < V5.5 SP1), SIMOTION P320-4 E (All versions >= V5.4), SIMOTION P320-4 S (All versions >= V5.4). When operated with Security Level Low the device does not protect access to certain services relevant for debugging. This could allow an unauthenticated attacker to extract confidential technology object (TO) configuration from the device.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
4.6 (3.1)
Published
2023-06-13
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-213, CWE-200

Affected products

  • siemens / simotion_d425-2_dp_firmware
  • siemens / simotion_d425-2_dp_firmware / 5.5
  • siemens / simotion_d425-2_dp/pn_firmware
  • siemens / simotion_d425-2_dp/pn_firmware / 5.5
  • siemens / simotion_d435-2_dp_firmware
  • siemens / simotion_d435-2_dp_firmware / 5.5

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Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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