Critical severity10.0NVD Advisory· Published May 14, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-32741
CVE-2024-32741
Description
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CN 4100 (All versions < V3.0). The affected device contains hard coded password which is used for the privileged system user root and for the boot loader GRUB by default . An attacker who manages to crack the password hash gains root access to the device.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_cn_4100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <3.0
< V3.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < V3.0
- (no CPE)range: 0
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References
1- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-273900.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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