CVE-2024-2617 (GCVE-0-2024-2617)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-30 12:57 – Updated: 2026-03-04 12:02
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Summary
A vulnerability exists in the RTU500 that allows for authenticated and authorized users to bypass secure update, if secure update feature was not enabled on all CMUs of a RTU500. If a malicious actor successfully exploits this vulnerability, they could use it to update the RTU500 with unsigned firmware.
Severity ?
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-358 - Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard
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Hitachi Energy RTU500 series CMU firmware Affected: 13.2.1 , ≤ 13.2.7 (custom)
Affected: 13.4.1 , ≤ 13.4.4 (custom)
Affected: 13.5.1 , ≤ 13.5.3 (custom)
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