VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-6990

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL

EPSS probability5.89%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2020-03-16

Last modified2026-06-17

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

Description

Rockwell Automation MicroLogix 1400 Controllers Series B v21.001 and prior, Series A, all versions, MicroLogix 1100 Controller, all versions, RSLogix 500 Software v12.001 and prior, The cryptographic key utilized to help protect the account password is hard coded into the RSLogix 500 binary file. An attacker could identify cryptographic keys and use it for further cryptographic attacks that could ultimately lead to a remote attacker gaining unauthorized access to the controller.

Weakness classification

CWE-321: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Primary references

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource