What is CVE-2023-44318?

CVE-2023-44318 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens 6ag1206-2bb00-7ac2, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2023-11-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-44318?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-44318 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Siemens 6ag1206-2bb00-7ac2

CVE-2023-44318

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.

Published 2023-11-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-321 — Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-44318?: CVE-2023-44318 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens 6ag1206-2bb00-7ac2, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2023-11-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-44318?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-44318 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.