CVE-2024-37998: Siemens CPCI85 Central Processing/communication

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability has been identified in CPCI85 Central Processing/Communication (All versions < V5.40), SICORE Base system (All versions < V1.4.0). The password of administrative accounts of the affected applications can be reset without requiring the knowledge of the current password, given the auto login is enabled. This could allow an unauthorized attacker to obtain administrative access of the affected applications.

Affected products

• Siemens CPCI85 Central Processing/communication: before V5.40 (fixed in V5.40)
• Siemens CPCI85 Firmware: before 5.40 (fixed in 5.40)
• Siemens Sicore Base System: before V1.4.0 (fixed in V1.4.0); before 1.4.0 (fixed in 1.4.0)

Published 2024-07-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.