CVE-2023-6711
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.007 · 52 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Vulnerability exists in SCI IEC 60870-5-104 and HCI IEC 60870-5-104 that affects the RTU500 series product versions listed below. Specially crafted messages sent to the mentioned components are not validated properly and can result in buffer overflow and as final consequence to a reboot of an RTU500 CMU.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- FixedRTU500 series CMU Firmwarecisa_csaf_ot
Hitachi Energy RTU500 series CMU Firmware 12.0.15
- MitigationRTU500 series CMU Firmwarecisa_csaf_ot
Hitachi Energy recommends that customers follow the "Remote Terminal Units Security Deployment Guideline", as well as to apply mitigation as described below.
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 · 5.9–7.5
weaknesses
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affected products (41)
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advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2023-3187Hitachi Energy RTU500: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-12-19csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Hitachi Energy RTU500 ausnutzen, um die Identität des Dienstes zu fälschen oder einen Denial of Servie zu verursachen.
- ICSA-24-354-01Hitachi Energy RTU500 series CMU2024-12-19icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition.
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (5)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-6711/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6711cnnvd
- https://publisher.hitachienergy.com/preview?DocumentId=8DBD000184&languageCode=en&Preview=truePatchcnnvd
- https://publisher.hitachienergy.com/preview?DocumentId=8DBD000184&languageCode=en&Preview=trueenisa_euvd
- https://publisher.hitachienergy.com/preview?DocumentId=8DBD000184&languageCode=en&Preview=trueVendor Advisorynvd
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