CVE-2022-29959

mediumpriority · track · 22OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 18 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.26% (18th) EPSS
CVSS 5.5 · medium
Is it mine?
6 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisa_csaf_ot

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Emerson OpenBSI through 2022-04-29 mishandles credential storage. It is an engineering environment for the ControlWave and Bristol Babcock line of RTUs. This environment provides access control functionality through user authentication and privilege management. The credentials for various users are stored insecurely in the SecUsers.ini file by using a simple string transformation rather than a cryptographic mechanism.

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remediations

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

A vendor fix is available.

  • FixedOpenBSIcisa_csaf_ot

    Delete the UserMngtTool.exe executable from the OpenBSI folder.

  • MitigationOpenBSIcisa_csaf_ot

    Delete the SecUser.ini file.

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cvss

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

9.6
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 5.1–9.6

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
v3.09.6criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · CISA US
v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-522USprimaryCWE-316USCWE-327US
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affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • ICSA-22-221-03Emerson OpenBSI2022-08-09icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS

    Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could cause remote code execution, change controller configuration, or cause a denial-of-service condition.

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducisa_csaf_otnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2022-08-16modified 2026-06-17
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references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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