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Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Jun 27, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-16718

CVE-2017-16718

Description

Beckhoff TwinCAT 3 supports communication over ADS. ADS is a protocol for industrial automation in protected environments. This protocol uses user configured routes, that can be edited remotely via ADS. This special command supports encrypted authentication with username/password. The encryption uses a fixed key, that could be extracted by an attacker. Precondition of the exploitation of this weakness is network access at the moment a route is added.

Affected products

3
  • Beckhoff/Twincat2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:beckhoff:twincat:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:beckhoff:twincat:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
  • ICS-CERT/Beckhoff TwinCATv5
    Range: Version 3

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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