Description
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Basic Panels 2nd Generation (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V16), SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions <= V16), SIMATIC HMI Mobile Panels (All versions <= V16), SIMATIC HMI Unified Comfort Panels (All versions <= V16). Affected devices insufficiently block excessive authentication attempts. This could allow a remote attacker to discover user passwords and obtain access to the Sm@rt Server via a brute-force attack.
Published: 2020-09-09
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-7769 A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Basic Panels 2nd Generation (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V16), SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions <= V16), SIMATIC HMI Mobile Panels (All versions <= V16), SIMATIC HMI Unified Comfort Panels (All versions <= V16). Affected devices insufficiently block excessive authentication attempts. This could allow a remote attacker to discover user passwords and obtain access to the Sm@rt Server via a brute-force attack.
History

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Siemens Simatic Hmi Basic Panels 2nd Generation Simatic Hmi Basic Panels 2nd Generation Firmware Simatic Hmi Comfort Panels Simatic Hmi Comfort Panels Firmware Simatic Hmi Mobile Panels Simatic Hmi Mobile Panels Firmware Simatic Hmi United Comfort Panels Simatic Hmi United Comfort Panels Firmware
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: siemens

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-02T19:01:42.007Z

Reserved: 2020-07-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-15786

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:22:30.857Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-09T19:15:19.787

Modified: 2026-06-02T20:16:24.790

Link: CVE-2020-15786

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-307

    Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts