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CVE-2024-8626


Due to a memory leak, a denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation affected products. A malicious actor could exploit this vulnerability by performing multiple actions on certain web pages of the product causing the affected products to become fully unavailable and require a power cycle to recover.


Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 12 products from rockwellautomation, from rockwellautomation, from rockwellautomation and 9 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2024, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.


Published

2024-10-08T17:15:56.240

Last Modified

2025-02-27T19:30:07.490

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-400
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-401

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System rockwellautomation compactlogix_5380_firmware < 33.015 Yes
Hardware rockwellautomation compactlogix_5380 - No
Operating System rockwellautomation compact_guardlogix_5380_firmware < 33.015 Yes
Hardware rockwellautomation compact_guardlogix_5380 - No
Operating System rockwellautomation compactlogix_5480_firmware < 33.015 Yes
Hardware rockwellautomation compactlogix_5480 - No
Operating System rockwellautomation controllogix_5580_firmware < 33.015 Yes
Hardware rockwellautomation controllogix_5580 - No
Operating System rockwellautomation guardlogix_5580_firmware < 33.015 Yes
Hardware rockwellautomation guardlogix_5580 - No
Operating System rockwellautomation 1756-en4tr_firmware 3.002 Yes
Hardware rockwellautomation 1756-en4tr - No

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For rockwellautomation's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.