CVE-2022-38744 (GCVE-0-2022-38744)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-27 13:25 – Updated: 2025-05-05 15:38
VLAI
Title
FactoryTalk Alarm and Events Server Vulnerable to Denial-Of-Service Attack
Summary
An unauthenticated attacker with network access to a victim's Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Alarm and Events service could open a connection, causing the service to fault and become unavailable. The affected port could be used as a server ping port and uses messages structured with XML.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-05 15:38 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
Rockwell CNA under the icscert root
CNA scorecard C 74/100 over 47 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2022-10-27 14:00
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