CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-29959

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2022-08-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-08-16
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-522

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• emerson openbsi (< 5.9) • emerson openbsi 5.9

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-1390 Weak Authentication weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials weakness

References