Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Jun 27, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-16726
CVE-2017-16726
Description
Beckhoff TwinCAT supports communication over ADS. ADS is a protocol for industrial automation in protected environments. ADS has not been designed to achieve security purposes and therefore does not include any encryption algorithms because of their negative effect on performance and throughput. An attacker can forge arbitrary ADS packets when legitimate ADS traffic is observable.
Affected products
2- ICS-CERT/Beckhoff TwinCATv5Range: Version 2, Version 3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
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