CVE-2020-14516

highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.042 · 91 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

4.24% (91st) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

In Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform Versions 6.10.00 and 6.11.00, there is an issue with the implementation of the SHA-256 hashing algorithm with FactoryTalk Services Platform that prevents the user password from being hashed properly.

remediations

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

No vendor fix yet; a mitigation is available.

MitigationFactoryTalk Services Platformcisa_csaf_ot
Rockwell Automation has released a new version of the affected software for download (login required).
https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1088797

cvss

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

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–10

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.110criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6

v3.010criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · CISA US

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-916USCWE-916US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

FactoryTalk Services Platform: Versions 6.10.00 and 6.11.00all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platformall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
n/a Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform≤ v6.10.00, v6.11.00enisa_euvdEU
rockwellautomation factorytalk services platform= 6.10.00nvdUScpe:2.3:a:rockwellautomation:factorytalk_services_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rockwellautomation factorytalk services platform= 6.11.00nvdUScpe:2.3:a:rockwellautomation:factorytalk_services_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

ICSA-21-054-01Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform2021-02-23icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create new users in the FactoryTalk Services Platform administration console. These new users could allow an attacker to modify or delete configuration and application data in other FactoryTalk software connected to the FactoryTalk Services Platform.

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 2021-03-18modified 2026-06-17

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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