ICSA-22-053-02 GE Proficy CIMPLICITY-Cleartext
Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-319Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- 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-319.
Summary
The affected product is vulnerable due to cleartext transmission of credentials seen in the CIMPLICITY network, which can be easily spoofed and used to log in to make operational changes to the system.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00612 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-21798
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xvrm-wwcv-vr6g
References
More GE Cimplicity vulnerabilities
- 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
- TI-2022-02725 GE CIMPLICITY Heap-based Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-21798 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-21798 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xvrm-wwcv-vr6g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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