CVE-2012-4698: Siemens Ros

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Siemens RuggedCom Rugged Operating System (ROS) before 3.12, ROX I OS through 1.14.5, ROX II OS through 2.3.0, and RuggedMax OS through 4.2.1.4621.22 use hardcoded private keys for SSL and SSH communication, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and decrypt network traffic by leveraging the availability of these keys within ROS files at all customer installations.

Affected products

• Siemens Ros: up to and including 3.11.0
• Siemens Rox I OS: up to and including 1.14.5
• Siemens Rox Ii OS: up to and including 2.3.0
• Siemens Ruggedmax OS: up to and including 4.2.1.4621.22

Published 2012-12-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.