CVE-2023-2186: Trianglemicroworks Scada Data Gateway

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

On Triangle MicroWorks' SCADA Data Gateway version <= v5.01.03, an unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted broadcast message including format string characters to the SCADA Data Gateway to perform unrestricted memory reads.An unauthenticated user can use this format string vulnerability to repeatedly crash the GTWWebMonitor.exe process to DoS the Web Monitor. Furthermore, an authenticated user can leverage this vulnerability to leak memory from the GTWWebMonitor.exe process. This could be leveraged in an exploit chain to gain code execution.

Affected products

• Trianglemicroworks Scada Data Gateway: up to and including 5.01.03

Published 2023-06-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.