CVE-2009-0216: Ge Fanuc Ifix

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

GE Fanuc iFIX 5.0 and earlier relies on client-side authentication involving a weakly encrypted local password file, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and start privileged server login sessions by recovering a password or by using a modified program module.

Affected products

• Ge Fanuc Ifix: up to and including 5.0; version 2.0 only; version 2.2 only; version 2.5 only; version 2.6 only; version 2.21 only; …

Published 2009-02-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.