Improper certificate validation in Siemens Industrial Edge App Publisher
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
Siemens Industrial Edge App Publisher versions before V1.27.9 do not properly validate the server certificate when initiating a TLS connection. An unauthenticated attacker in a position to intercept network traffic can relay communication and spoof a trusted server, a Man-in-the-Middle attack (CWE-295).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-27
Description from the CNA
A vulnerability has been identified in Industrial Edge App Publisher (All versions < V1.27.9). The affected software does not properly validate the server certificate when initiating a TLS connection. This allows an attacker to intercept and relay communication (Man-in-the-Middle attack) and to spoof a trusted entity by interfering in the communication path between the client and the intended server.
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
Update Siemens Industrial Edge App Publisher to V1.27.9 or later.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-27
- Fix · CNA Industrial Edge App Publisher (Siemens) Fixed in V1.27.9
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Siemens Industrial Edge App Publisher V1.27.9
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-71581 Cross-site scripting in Siemens Industrial Edge App PublisherPriority LOW 35
Timeline
- 2026-10-13 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-78556
- 2026-10-13 Alias added: GHSA-rc9q-86jg-3j8q
- 2026-10-14 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
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- TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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- TI-2025-09686 Type confusion in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-07142 Code injection in Spring Framework KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-19919 Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-78556 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-78556 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rc9q-86jg-3j8q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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