CVE-2019-5637
mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.014 · 73 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
When Beckhoff TwinCAT is configured to use the Profinet driver, a denial of service of the controller could be reached by sending a malformed UDP packet to the device. This issue affects TwinCAT 2 version 2304 (and prior) and TwinCAT 3.1 version 4204.0 (and prior).
remediations
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A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedbeckhoff_psirt
Profinet could be blocked in perimeter firewall to block PROFINET DCP packets from untrusted networks to the device. Beckhoff will provide updates for the mentioned TwinCAT Versions.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
weaknesses
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affected products (10)
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advisories (1)
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- VDE-2019-019Beckhoff: TwinCAT Denial-of-Service in Profinet driver2019-10-09csaf · beckhoff_psirtDE
In case TwinCAT is configured to use the Profinet driver, a denial of service of the controller could be reached by sending special packets to the device.
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sources
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references (7)
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- https://blog.rapid7.com/2019/10/08/r7-2019-32-denial-of-service-vulnerabilities-in-beckhoff-twincat-plc-environment-fixed/cnnvd
- https://download.beckhoff.com/download/Document/product-security/Advisories/advisory-2019-007.pdfcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5637cnnvd
- https://blog.rapid7.com/2019/10/08/r7-2019-32-denial-of-service-vulnerabilities-in-beckhoff-twincat-plc-environment-fixed/enisa_euvd
- https://download.beckhoff.com/download/Document/product-security/Advisories/advisory-2019-007.pdfenisa_euvd
- https://blog.rapid7.com/2019/10/08/r7-2019-32-denial-of-service-vulnerabilities-in-beckhoff-twincat-plc-environment-fixed/ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://download.beckhoff.com/download/Document/product-security/Advisories/advisory-2019-007.pdfMitigationVendor Advisorynvd
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