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CVE-2023-44318 — Affected devices use a hardcoded key to obfuscate the configuration backup that an administrator can export from the device

Medium CVSS 6.9

Affected devices use a hardcoded key to obfuscate the configuration backup that an administrator can export from the device. This could allow an authenticated attacker with administrative privileges or an attacker that obtains a configuration backup to extract configuration information from the exported file.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
6.9 (4.0)
Published
2023-11-14
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-321

Affected products

  • siemens / 6gk5205-3bb00-2ab2_firmware
  • siemens / 6gk5205-3bb00-2tb2_firmware
  • siemens / 6gk5205-3bd00-2tb2_firmware
  • siemens / 6gk5205-3bd00-2ab2_firmware
  • siemens / 6gk5205-3bf00-2tb2_firmware
  • siemens / 6gk5205-3bf00-2ab2_firmware

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Matched remediation archetype

Cryptography, certificate, signature, and channel validation

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Check exposure

  • Inventory affected algorithms, key uses, trust stores, certificate validation settings, random sources, and plaintext channels across clients and services.
  • Determine which secrets, identities, signatures, or data protections depend on the affected primitive or validation path.
  • Check debug, compatibility, fallback, and hostname or audience override settings in build and runtime configuration.

Remediate safely

  • Use a maintained platform cryptographic API with approved algorithms, modes, parameters, randomness, and full peer identity validation.
  • Remove insecure fallback and validation bypasses; separate keys by purpose and load them from managed secret storage.
  • Plan rotation or reissuance for affected keys, certificates, tokens, hashes, or ciphertext and document compatibility sequencing.

Authoritative sources

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