CVE-2022-21798

highpriority · track · 39OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.006 · 49 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.61% (49th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisa_csaf_ot

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The affected product is vulnerable due to cleartext transmission of credentials seen in the CIMPLICITY network, which can be easily spoofed and used to log in to make operational changes to the system.

remediations

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

No vendor fix yet; a mitigation is available.

MitigationProficy CIMPLICITYcisa_csaf_ot
Users are encouraged to contact a GE representative to obtain the latest versions of CIMPLICITY.
https://digitalsupport.ge.com/communities/CC_Contact

cvss

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

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

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

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · CISA US

v3.17.5highAV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov USexploitability 1.6 · impact 5.9

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-319USprimaryCWE-319USCWE-319US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Proficy CIMPLICITY: All versionsall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
General Electric (GE) Proficy CIMPLICITYall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
General Electric Proficy CIMPLICITY≤ allenisa_euvdEU
General Electric Company Proficy HMI/SCADA CIMPLICITYall versionsfstec_bduRU
ge cimplicityall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:ge:cimplicity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

ICSA-22-053-02GE Proficy CIMPLICITY-Cleartext2022-02-22icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to capture a connection session, resulting in disclosure of sensitive information.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cisa_csaf_ot nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-02-25modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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