CVE-2022-30318

CRITICAL

Honeywell ControlEdge PLC and RTU Firmware < R151.2 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials in SSH Service

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Honeywell ControlEdge through R151.1 uses Hard-coded Credentials. According to FSCT-2022-0056, there is a Honeywell ControlEdge hardcoded credentials issue. The affected components are characterized as: SSH. The potential impact is: Remote code execution, manipulate configuration, denial of service. The Honeywell ControlEdge PLC and RTU product line exposes an SSH service on port 22/TCP. Login as root to this service is permitted and credentials for the root user are hardcoded without automatically changing them upon first commissioning. The credentials for the SSH service are hardcoded in the firmware. The credentials grant an attacker access to a root shell on the PLC/RTU, allowing for remote code execution, configuration manipulation and denial of service.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Not Applicable x_refsource_misc
https://www.forescout.com/blog/
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource x_refsource_misc
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-242-06

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0135
EPSS Percentile 67.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-798
Status published
Products (2)
honeywell/controledge_plc_firmware < r151.2
honeywell/controledge_rtu_firmware < r151.2
Published Aug 31, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026