What is CVE-2022-38744?

CVE-2022-38744 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Factorytalk Alarm And Events Server, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-10-27.

How severe is CVE-2022-38744?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Rockwell Automation Factorytalk Alarm And Events Server

CVE-2022-38744

An unauthenticated attacker with network access to a victim's Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Alarm and Events service could open a connection, causing the service to fault and become unavailable. The affected port could be used as a server ping port and uses messages structured with XML.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2022-10-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1136876 (Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38744?: CVE-2022-38744 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Factorytalk Alarm And Events Server, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-10-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-38744?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.