CVE-2022-21798
ICSA-22-053-02 GE Proficy CIMPLICITY-Cleartext
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- icscert
Description
The affected product is vulnerable due to cleartext transmission of credentials seen in the CIMPLICITY network, which can be easily spoofed and used to log in to make operational changes to the system.
Timeline
ID reserved
By icscert
- 29 days later
· 29 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 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.61% · top 50% 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 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
General Electric · Proficy CIMPLICITY
- affected all
What to do
Solution: Users are advised to refer to the Secure Deployment Guide on how to configure communication encryption. Users are encouraged to review the CIMPLICITY Windows Hardening Guide and Recommendations for further IPSEC configuration guidance found in the section titled “Appendix A IPSEC Configuration.” Users are encouraged to contact a GE representative to obtain the latest versions of CIMPLICITY.
References (1)
- https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-053-02 (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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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-21798)Record last updated .