CVE-2022-23448

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 16 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.25% (16th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

14 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisa_csaf_ot

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic (All versions < V7.3 Update 1), SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO (All versions < V7.3 Update 1). Affected applications improperly assign permissions to critical directories and files used by the application processes. This could allow a local unprivileged attacker to achieve code execution with ADMINISTRATOR or even NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM privileges.

remediations

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

A vendor fix is available.

FixedSIMATIC Energy Manager Basicsiemens_psirt
Update to V7.3 Update 1 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109808211/
FixedSIMATIC Energy Manager PROsiemens_psirt
Update to V7.3 Update 1 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109808211/
FixedSIMATIC Energy Manager Basiccisa_csaf_ot
Update to V7.3 Update 1 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109808211/
FixedSIMATIC Energy Manager PROcisa_csaf_ot
Update to V7.3 Update 1 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109808211/
MitigationSIMATIC Energy Manager Basicsiemens_psirt
Enable encryption in the SIMATIC Energy Manager configuration
MitigationSIMATIC Energy Manager PROsiemens_psirt
Enable encryption in the SIMATIC Energy Manager configuration
MitigationSIMATIC Energy Manager Basiccisa_csaf_ot
Enable encryption in the SIMATIC Energy Manager configuration
MitigationSIMATIC Energy Manager PROcisa_csaf_ot
Enable encryption in the SIMATIC Energy Manager configuration

cvss

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

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · CISA US

v3.17.3highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · Siemens ProductCERT DE

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-732USprimaryCWE-732USCWE-732USCWE-732US

affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

SIMATIC Energy Manager Basicall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
SIMATIC Energy Manager PROall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic< V7.3_Update_1cisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO< V7.3_Update_1cisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager BasicAll versions → V7.3 Update 1enisa_euvdEU
Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager PROAll versions → V7.3 Update 1enisa_euvdEU
Siemens AG SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic≤ 7.3 Update 1fstec_bduRU
Siemens AG SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO≤ 7.3 Update 1fstec_bduRU
siemens simatic energy manager basic< 7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_energy_manager_basic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens simatic energy manager basic= 7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_energy_manager_basic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens simatic energy manager pro< 7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_energy_manager_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens simatic energy manager pro= 7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_energy_manager_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic< V7.3 Update 1siemens_psirtDE
Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO< V7.3 Update 1siemens_psirtDE

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

SSA-655554SSA-655554: Multiple Vulnerabilities in SIMATIC Energy Manager before V7.3 Update 12022-04-12csaf · siemens_psirtDE
SIMATIC Energy Manager is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to gain local privilege escalation, local code execution or remote code execution. Siemens has released updates for the affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions.
ICSA-22-104-11Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager2022-04-12icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
SIMATIC Energy Manager is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to gain local privilege escalation, local code execution or remote code execution. Siemens has released updates for the affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cisa_csaf_ot nvd siemens_psirt NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-04-12modified 2026-06-17

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