Deserialization of Untrusted Data in AVEVA PI Asset Framework Client

Description

There is a vulnerability in AVEVA PI Asset Framework Client that could allow malicious code to execute on the PI System Explorer environment under the privileges of an interactive user that was socially engineered to import XML supplied by an attacker.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.19% · top 92% 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 7.0.

Weakness

• CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-502 and its CVEs

Affected products

• AVEVA · PI Asset Framework Client

  • affected 2023
  • affected ≤ 2018 SP3 P04

What to do

Solution: AVEVA recommends that organizations evaluate the impact of these vulnerabilities based on their operational environment, architecture, and product implementation. Customers using affected products should apply security updates as soon as possible: * (Recommended) All affected versions can be fixed by upgrading to PI AF Client 2023 Patch 1 or later: From OSI Soft Customer Portal https://my.osisoft.com/ , search for "Asset Framework" and select "PI Asset Framework (AF) Client 2023 Patch 1" or later. * (Alternative) AF Client 2018 SP3 P04 and prior can be fixed by deploying PI AF Client 2018 SP3 Patch 5 or later: From OSI Soft Customer Portal https://my.osisoft.com/ , search for "Asset Framework" and select either "PI Asset Framework (AF) Client 2018 SP3 Patch 5" or later. AVEVA further recommends users follow general defensive measures: * Run PI System Explorer as a least privilege interactive account when possible. * Establish procedures for verifying the source of XML is trusted before importing into PI System Explorer. For additional information please refer to AVEVA-2024-004 https://www.aveva.com/en/support-and-success/cyber-security-updates/

References (1)

• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-163-03 (opens in a new tab)government-resourcex_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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Record last updated 1 Aug 2024, 20:12 UTC.