CVE-2022-29959

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2022-29959 · Published 16/08/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-29959 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting openbsi (emerson).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.26%, higher than 18.0% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 5.9 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
openbsi emerson	`= 5.9< 5.9`	`5.9`

Description

Emerson OpenBSI through 2022-04-29 mishandles credential storage. It is an engineering environment for the ControlWave and Bristol Babcock line of RTUs. This environment provides access control functionality through user authentication and privilege management. The credentials for various users are stored insecurely in the SecUsers.ini file by using a simple string transformation rather than a cryptographic mechanism.

References

cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-221-03 · Mitigation
forescout.com/blog · Third Party Advisory

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