CVE-2024-32741 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CN 4100 (All versions < V3.0). The affected device contains hard coded password which is used for the privileged system user `root` and for the boot loader `GRUB` by default . An attacker who manages to crack the password hash gains root access to the device.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00545.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Siemens	Simatic Cn 4100 Simatic Cn 4100 Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_cn_4100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_cn_4100:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

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Vendors	Products
Siemens	Simatic Cn 4100

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-273900.html

History

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_cn_4100::::::::

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Siemens simatic Cn 4100 Firmware
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_cn_4100:::::::: cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_cn_4100:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_cn_4100_firmware::::::::
Vendors & Products		Siemens simatic Cn 4100 Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: siemens

Published: 2024-05-14T10:02:48.224Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T02:20:34.965Z

Reserved: 2024-04-17T12:35:40.942Z

Link: CVE-2024-32741

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T02:20:34.965Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-14T16:17:11.640

Modified: 2025-08-26T20:16:23.190

Link: CVE-2024-32741

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T21:07:40Z

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