CVE-2022-1159
Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Designer Code Injection
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- icscert
Description
Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Designer (all versions) are vulnerable when an attacker who achieves administrator access on a workstation running Studio 5000 Logix Designer could inject controller code undetectable to a user.
Timeline
ID reserved
By icscert
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| icscertCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.7.
Weakness
Affected products
Rockwell Automation · Studio 5000 Logix Designer
- affected All
What to do
Workaround: Rockwell Automation recommends users of the affected hardware and software take risk mitigation steps listed below. Users are encouraged, when possible, to combine this guidance with the general security guidelines for a comprehensive defense-in-depth strategy. There is no direct mitigation for this vulnerability in the Logix Designer application. However, a detection method is available to determine if the user program residing in the controller is identical to what was downloaded. This user program verification can be done by the following: On-demand using the Logix Designer application Compare Tool v9 or later Scheduled using FactoryTalk AssetCentre v12 or later user program verification (Available Fall 2022) To leverage these detection capabilities, users are directed to upgrade to: Studio 5000 v34 software. or later Corresponding versions of Logix 5580, 5380, 5480, GuardLogix 5580 and Compact GuardLogix 5380 controller firmware. One of the following compare tools Logix Designer application Compare Tool v9 or later – installed with Studio 5000 Logix Designer FactoryTalk AssetCentre v12 or later software (Available Fall 2022) This user program comparison must be performed on an uncompromised workstation.
References (1)
- https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-090-07 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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