ICSA-24-158-04

Vulnerability from csaf_cisa - Published: 2024-06-06 06:00 - Updated: 2025-07-29 06:00
Summary
Johnson Controls Software House iStar Door Controller (Update A)
Notes
Legal Notice: All information products included in https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics are provided "as is" for informational purposes only. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not provide any warranties of any kind regarding any information contained within. DHS does not endorse any commercial product or service, referenced in this product or otherwise. Further dissemination of this product is governed by the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) marking in the header. For more information about TLP, see https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/.
Risk evaluation: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the iSTAR Pro door controller.
Critical infrastructure sectors: Critical Manufacturing, Commercial Facilities, Government Services and Facilities, Transportation Systems, Energy
Countries/areas deployed: Worldwide
Company headquarters location: Ireland
Recommended Practices: CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
Recommended Practices: CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Recommended Practices: CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.
Recommended Practices: Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Recommended Practices: Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
Recommended Practices: No known public exploitation specifically targeting this vulnerability has been reported to CISA at this time.
CVE-2024-32752
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Johnson Controls Inc. Software House iStar Pro, Edge and eX door controllers: vers:all/*
Johnson Controls Inc. / Software House iStar Pro, Edge and eX door controllers
 vers:all/*
Mitigation
Mitigation fix
Mitigation
Mitigation fix
Johnson Controls Inc. Software House iStar Ultra and Ultra LT door controllers: <Firmware_6.6.B
Johnson Controls Inc. / Software House iStar Ultra and Ultra LT door controllers
 <Firmware_6.6.B
Mitigation
Mitigation fix
Mitigation
Mitigation fix
Johnson Controls Inc. iSTAR Configuration Utility (ICU) Tool: vers:all/*
Johnson Controls Inc. / iSTAR Configuration Utility (ICU) Tool
 vers:all/*
Mitigation
Mitigation fix
Mitigation
Mitigation fix
References
Acknowledgments
Dragos Reid Wightman
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