Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 9, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-15787
CVE-2020-15787
Description
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Unified Comfort Panels (All versions <= V16). Affected devices insufficiently validate authentication attempts as the information given can be truncated to match only a set number of characters versus the whole provided string. 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
3- cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_hmi_united_comfort_panels_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<=V16+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=V16
- (no CPE)range: All versions <= V16
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-542525.pdfnvdVendor Advisory
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