Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform Elevated Privileges Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
Due to inadequate code logic, a previously unauthenticated threat actor could potentially obtain a local Windows OS user token through the FactoryTalk® Services Platform web service and then use the token to log in into FactoryTalk® Services Platform . This vulnerability can only be exploited if the authorized user did not previously log in into the FactoryTalk® Services Platform web service.
Why it matters now
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
- Fix · CNA FactoryTalk® Services Platform (Rockwell Automation) Fixed in 2.80
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-46290
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5gjm-5h8m-h8w7
- 2026-10-27 EPSS moved to the 90th–95th percentile
References
More Rockwell Factorytalk Services Platform vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-05574 Insufficiently protected credentials in Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Designer… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-14577 Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Service Platform Service Token Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-11367 In Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform Versions 6.10.00 and 6.11.00, there… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2020-05615 Deserialization of untrusted data in Rockwell Automation All versions of FactoryTalk… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-12569 Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform Protection Mechanism Failure CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-14575 Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Service Platform Elevated Privileges Vulnerability Through Web Service Functionality CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
Sources
- CVE-2023-46290 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-46290 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5gjm-5h8m-h8w7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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