CVE-2020-16244
mediumpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.007 · 51 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-24
GE Digital APM Classic, Versions 4.4 and prior. Salt is not used for hash calculation of passwords, making it possible to decrypt passwords. This design flaw, along with the IDOR vulnerability, puts the entire platform at high risk because an authenticated user can retrieve all user account data and then retrieve the actual passwords.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- FixedAPM Classiccisa_csaf_ot
GE Digital APM Classic 4.5 contains mitigations for these vulnerabilities. GE Digital recommends all users upgrade to GE Digital APM Classic 4.5 or newer. Other recommendations may mitigate issues, but only installing the most current version will fully address the issue. To obtain the latest version of this product, please contact a GE Digital representative.
https://digitalsupport.ge.com/communities/CC_Contact - MitigationAPM Classiccisa_csaf_ot
The GE user advisory can be accessed on the GE Digital Support Customer Center website (login required).
https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdigitalsupport.ge.com%2Fcommunities%2Fen_US%2FArticle%2FGE-Digital-Security-Advisory-GED-20-04&data=02%7C01%7Ckent.norris%40inl.gov%7C62b1454f1f0643abf8fb08d85e33a0fe%7C4cf464b7869a42368da2a98566485554%7C0%7C0%7C637362923129050441&sdata=Ls9sA%2F%2BY9wysaTIide8rz4KtQ2sWgxWtNoTKdShf0OI%3D&reserved=0
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 · 4–7.2
weaknesses
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affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- ge asset performance management classic≤ 4.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ge:asset_performance_management_classic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- ICSA-20-266-01GE Digital APM Classic2020-09-22icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow access to sensitive information.
also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
sources
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references (5)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16244cnnvd
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-266-01cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.3264/cnnvd
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-266-01enisa_euvd
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-266-01Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcenvd
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