CVE-2019-18243

lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.002 · 11 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.21% (11th) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

HMI/SCADA iFIX (Versions 6.1 and prior) allows a local authenticated user to modify system-wide iFIX configurations through the registry. This may allow privilege escalation.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

No vendor fix yet; a mitigation is available.

MitigationHMI/SCADA iFIXcisa_csaf_ot
GE Digital recommends users immediately upgrade all instances of the affected software to GE Digital's iFIX product v6.5. GE Digital believes the upgrade contains security enhancements that will help mitigate the risk that the vulnerabilities may be exploited by an attacker.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–6.1

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.06.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:Nsecondary · CISA US

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-732USprimaryCWE-732US

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

HMI/SCADA iFIX: Versions 6.1 and priorall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
General Electric (GE) HMI/SCADA iFIX≤ 6.1cisa_csaf_otUS
n/a HMI/SCADA iFIX≤ Versions 6.1 and priorenisa_euvdEU
ge ifix≤ 6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ge:ifix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

ICSA-21-040-01GE Digital HMI/SCADA iFIX2021-02-09icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to escalate their privileges.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cisa_csaf_ot nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-02-18modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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