CVE-2022-29959

MEDIUM

Emerson Openbsi < 5.9 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Title source: rule

Description

Emerson OpenBSI through 2022-04-29 mishandles credential storage. It is an engineering environment for the ControlWave and Bristol Babcock line of RTUs. This environment provides access control functionality through user authentication and privilege management. The credentials for various users are stored insecurely in the SecUsers.ini file by using a simple string transformation rather than a cryptographic mechanism.

References (2)

[Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-221-03

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.forescout.com/blog/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0010

EPSS Percentile 28.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-522

Status published

Affected Products (5)

emerson/openbsi < 5.9

emerson/openbsi

Timeline

Published Aug 16, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026