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TI-2020-05640 Aliases CVE-2020-6992GHSA-xw2r-q7pv-2r5q

Improper privilege management in GE Digital CIMPLICITY

Priority LOW 30CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the GE Digital CIMPLICITY HMI/SCADA product v10.0 and prior. If exploited, this vulnerability could allow an adversary to modify the system, leading to the arbitrary execution of code. This vulnerability is only exploitable if an attacker has access to an authenticated session. GE Digital CIMPLICITY v11.0, released January 2020, contains mitigation for this local privilege escalation vulnerability. GE Digital recommends all users upgrade to GE CIMPLICITY v11.0 or newer.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00392 33rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—GE Digital CIMPLICITYup to v10.0—No fix listedCNA
  • GE Digital CIMPLICITY Vendor— Affected up to v10.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ge:cimplicity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 10.0VulnerableGE
  • cpe:2.3:a:ge:cimplicity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 10.0 Vulnerable ·GE

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-6992
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xw2r-q7pv-2r5q

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2022-06170 ICSA-22-053-02 GE Proficy CIMPLICITY-Cleartext CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-10924 XXE in GE Proficy Cimplicity GDS versions 9.0 R2, 9.5, 10.0 CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2023-03234 GE Digital CIMPLICITY Heap-based Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-02853 GE CIMPLICITY Out-of-bounds Write CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2022-02845 GE CIMPLICITY Access of Uninitialized Pointer CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2022-02729 GE CIMPLICITY Access of Uninitialized Pointer CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
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Sources

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