VDE-2026-013

csafDEhelmholz_psirt

Helmholz: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

view advisory published 2026-04-07

Vulnerabilities in PROFINET-Switch devices with firmware <= V1.12.010 that allow an attacker to gain control over the device.

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describes (1)

Related CVEs.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2016-2183UShigh7.5OT highExploit
The DES and Triple DES ciphers, as used in the TLS, SSH, and IPSec protocols and other protocols and products, have a birthday bound of approximately four billion blocks, which mak…
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references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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remediations (1)

  • Fixed

    Update to latest firmware 1.12.100

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