Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 9, 2020· Updated Jun 2, 2026
CVE-2020-15786
CVE-2020-15786
Description
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Basic Panels 2nd Generation (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V16), SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions <= V16), SIMATIC HMI Mobile Panels (All versions <= V16), SIMATIC HMI Unified Comfort Panels (All versions <= V16). Affected devices insufficiently block excessive authentication attempts. This could allow a remote attacker to discover user passwords and obtain access to the Sm@rt Server via a brute-force attack.
Affected products
7- Range: <=V16
<=V16+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: <=V16
- (no CPE)range: All versions <= V16
- (no CPE)range: All versions <= V16
<V16+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <V16
- (no CPE)range: All versions < V16
- Range: All versions <= V16
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-542525.pdfnvdVendor Advisory
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