CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-31206
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-07-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-347
Description
The Omron SYSMAC Nx product family PLCs (NJ series, NY series, NX series, and PMAC series) through 2022-005-18 lack cryptographic authentication. These PLCs are programmed using the SYMAC Studio engineering software (which compiles IEC 61131-3 conformant POU code to native machine code for execution by the PLC's runtime). The resulting machine code is executed by a runtime, typically controlled by a real-time operating system. The logic that is downloaded to the PLC does not seem to be cryptographically authenticated, allowing an attacker to manipulate transmitted object code to the PLC and execute arbitrary machine code on the processor of the PLC's CPU module in the context of the runtime. In the case of at least the NJ series, an RTOS and hardware combination is used that would potentially allow for memory protection and privilege separation and thus limit the impact of code execution. However, it was not confirmed whether these sufficiently segment the runtime from the rest of the RTOS.
Affected configurations
• omron nx701-1600 firmware (< 1.29)
• omron nx701-1620 firmware (< 1.29)
• omron nx701-1700 firmware (< 1.29)
• omron nx701-1720 firmware (< 1.29)
• omron nx701-z600 firmware (< 1.29)
• omron nx701-z700 firmware (< 1.29)
• omron nj101-1000 firmware (< 1.49)
• omron nj101-1020 firmware (< 1.49)
• omron nj101-9000 firmware (< 1.49)
• omron nj101-9020 firmware (< 1.49)
• omron nj301-1100 firmware (< 1.49)
• omron nj301-1200 firmware (< 1.49)
• omron nj501-1300 firmware (< 1.49)
• omron nj501-1320 firmware (< 1.49)
• omron nj501-1340 firmware (< 1.49)
• omron nj501-1400 firmware (< 1.49)
• omron nj501-1420 firmware (< 1.49)
• omron nj501-1500 firmware (< 1.49)
• omron nj501-1520 firmware (< 1.49)
• omron nj501-4300 firmware (< 1.49)
• omron nj501-4320 firmware (< 1.49)
• omron nj501-4400 firmware (< 1.49)
• omron nj501-4500 firmware (< 1.49)
• omron nj501-5300 firmware (< 1.49)
• omron nj501-5300-1 firmware (< 1.49)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature weakness
References
- https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-179-02 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.forescout.com/blog/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-179-02 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.forescout.com/blog/ Third Party Advisory