CVE-2023-1834: Rockwellautomation Kinetix 5500 Firmware

Critical severity, CVSS 9.1. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Rockwell Automation was made aware that Kinetix 5500 drives, manufactured between May 2022 and January 2023, and are running v7.13 may have the telnet and FTP ports open by default.  This could potentially allow attackers unauthorized access to the device through the open ports.

Affected products

Published 2023-05-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.