What is CVE-2022-29953?

CVE-2022-29953 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bakerhughes Bently Nevada 3701\/40, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-07-26.

How severe is CVE-2022-29953?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Bakerhughes Bently Nevada 3701\/40

CVE-2022-29953

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.

Published 2022-07-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 62.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

www.forescout.com/blog/ (Third Party Advisory)
www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-188-02 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29953?: CVE-2022-29953 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bakerhughes Bently Nevada 3701\/40, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-07-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-29953?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.