What is CVE-2022-29959?

CVE-2022-29959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Emerson Openbsi, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-08-16.

How severe is CVE-2022-29959?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Emerson Openbsi

CVE-2022-29959

Emerson OpenBSI through 2022-04-29 mishandles credential storage. It is an engineering environment for the ControlWave and Bristol Babcock line of RTUs. This environment provides access control functionality through user authentication and privilege management. The credentials for various users are stored insecurely in the SecUsers.ini file by using a simple string transformation rather than a cryptographic mechanism.

EPSS: 0.003 (17.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Emerson Openbsi — versions 5.9
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29959?: CVE-2022-29959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Emerson Openbsi, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-29959?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.