ABB System 800xA Inter process communication vulnerability - 800xA for DCI
Priority LOW 34CWE-264Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.
Summary
Insufficient protection of the inter-process communication functions in ABB System 800xA for DCI (all published versions) enables an attacker authenticated on the local system to inject data, allowing reads and writes to the controllers or cause windows processes to crash.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0034 27th 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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-8484
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2x2x-f8f2-vqmf
References
More ABB 800xa vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-05255 AC 800M MMS - Denial of Service vulnerability in MMS communication CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2020-06810 ABB System 800xA Inter process communication vulnerability - 800xA for Mod 300 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-8484 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-8484 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2x2x-f8f2-vqmf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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