CVE-2022-29959

MEDIUM

Emerson OpenBSI through 2022-04-29 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials in SecUsers.ini

Title source: llm

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)

Core 2

Core References

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.forescout.com/blog/

Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource x_refsource_misc

https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-221-03

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0025

EPSS Percentile 16.3%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-522

Status published

Products (2)

emerson/openbsi 5.9 (4 CPE variants)

emerson/openbsi < 5.9

Published Aug 16, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026