01 Record
CVE-2022-46142
Affected devices store the CLI user passwords encrypted in flash memory. Attackers with physical access to the device could retrieve the file and decrypt the CLI user passwords.
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: siemens
CNA base score5.2 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
02 Description
Affected devices store the CLI user passwords encrypted in flash memory. Attackers with physical access to the device could retrieve the file and decrypt the CLI user passwords.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 18.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.2 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-12-13 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-04-21 13:43Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-11-28
- Assigning CNA
- siemens
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.2)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- db07b5a99583269c47f89ac71dd07cf2fdceea03def3865207a61250c880a683
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
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06 References
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-413565.pdf
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-413565.html