CVE-2022-1018
ICSA-22-088-01 Rockwell Automation ISaGRAF
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- icscert
Description
When opening a malicious solution file provided by an attacker, the application suffers from an XML external entity vulnerability due to an unsafe call within a dynamic link library file. An attacker could exploit this to pass data from local files to a remote web server, leading to a loss of confidentiality.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| icscertCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 18% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
Rockwell Automation · Connected Component Workbench
- affected All – < 12
- affected All – < 6.6.9
Rockwell Automation · Safety Instrumented Systems Workstation
- affected All – < 1.1
What to do
Solution: Rockwell Automation encourages users to update to the available software revisions below: Connected Component Workbench: Update to v13.00 ISaGRAF Workbench: For now, use mitigations listed until a patch is released. More mitigation actions are planned. Safety Instrumented Systems Workstation: Update to v1.2
Workaround: If an upgrade is not possible or available, users should apply the following mitigations: Run Connected Components Workbench as a User, not as an Administrator, to minimize the impact of malicious code on the infected system. Do not open untrusted files with Connected Component Workbench, ISaGRAF, SISW. Employ training and awareness programs to educate users on the warning signs of a phishing or social engineering attack. Use Microsoft AppLocker or other similar allow list application to help mitigate risk. Information on using AppLocker with Rockwell Automation products is available at KnowledgeBase Article QA17329 Ensure the least-privilege user principle is followed, and user/service account access to shared resources (such as a database) is only granted with a minimum number of rights as needed.
References (1)
- https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-088-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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