CVE-2022-23921

lowpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 11 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.21% (11th) EPSS
CVSS 3.7 · low
Is it mine?
4 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Exploitation of this vulnerability may result in local privilege escalation and code execution. GE maintains exploitation of this vulnerability is only possible if the attacker has login access to a machine actively running CIMPLICITY, the CIMPLICITY server is not already running a project, and the server is licensed for multiple projects.

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remediations

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

No vendor fix yet; a mitigation is available.

  • MitigationProficy CIMPLICITIYcisa_csaf_ot

    The upgrade contains what GE believes are mitigation measures to help ensure the vulnerability cannot be exploited.

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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⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.7–7.8

v2.03.7lowAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.9 · impact 6.4
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
v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · CISA US
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
v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

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

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

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USprimaryCWE-269US
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affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • ICSA-22-053-01GE Proficy CIMPLICITY-IPM2022-02-22icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS

    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to achieve both code execution and local privilege escalation.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdcisa_csaf_otnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2022-02-25modified 2026-06-17
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references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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