Path traversal in Siemens SINEC NMS
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC NMS (All versions < V3.0). The importCertificate function of the SINEC NMS Control web application contains a path traversal vulnerability. This could allow an authenticated attacker it to delete arbitrary certificate files on the drive SINEC NMS is installed on.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA SINEC NMS (Siemens) Fixed in V3.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Siemens SINEC NMS V3.0
5 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-27962 Improper input validation in Siemens SINEC NMSPriority MEDIUM 43
- TI-2024-27961 Incorrect authorization in Siemens SINEC NMSPriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2024-24184 A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC NMS (All versions < V3.0).Priority LOW 38
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-41938
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jv74-c838-vcpf
References
More Siemens Sinec Nms vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-17490 mod_proxy SSRF KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-16656 ap_escape_quotes buffer overflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-13795 NULL pointer dereference in httpd core CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-02413 NULL pointer deref in signature_algorithms processing CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2021-13105 SQL injection in Siemens SINEC NMS CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2024-41938 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-41938 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jv74-c838-vcpf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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