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ghsa-qp5h-6h76-j5w8

Vulnerability from github

Published

2024-02-02 09:30

Modified

2024-02-02 09:30

Severity ?

8.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in B&R Industrial Automation Automation Studio allows Local Execution of Code.This issue affects Automation Studio: from 4.0 through 4.12.

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CVE-2021-22282 (GCVE-0-2021-22282)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2024-02-02 06:38

Modified

2025-06-17 21:29

Severity ?

8.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Summary

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in B&R Industrial Automation Automation Studio allows Local Execution of Code.This issue affects Automation Studio: from 4.0 through 4.12.

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URL

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https://www.br-automation.com/fileadmin/2021-12_RCE_Vulnerability_in_BnR_Automation_Studio-1b993aeb.pdf

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	B&R Industrial Automation	Automation Studio	Version: 4.0 <

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