CVE-2020-12000: Critical severity inductive automation ignition vulnerability

Published Jun 9, 2020
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Updated

The affected product is vulnerable to the handling of serialized data. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in deserialization of untrusted data on the Ignition 8 Gateway (versions prior to 8.0.10) and Ignition 7 Gateway (versions prior to 7.9.14), allowing an attacker to obtain sensitive information.

Affected Software

4 affected components
Inductive Automation Ignition 7 Gateway versions prior to 7.9.14
Inductive Automation Ignition 8 Gateway versions prior to 8.0.10
inductiveautomation Ignition Gateway>=7.2.4.48<7.9.14
inductiveautomation Ignition Gateway>=8.0<8.0.10

Event History

Jun 9, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·05:54 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·05:54 PM
DescriptionWeakness

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2020-12000?

CVE-2020-12000 has been classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to allow deserialization of untrusted data.

2

How do I fix CVE-2020-12000?

To mitigate CVE-2020-12000, update your Ignition Gateway to version 8.0.10 or later for Ignition 8 and to version 7.9.14 or later for Ignition 7.

3

What versions of Ignition are affected by CVE-2020-12000?

CVE-2020-12000 affects Ignition 7 Gateway versions prior to 7.9.14 and Ignition 8 Gateway versions prior to 8.0.10.

4

What kind of data is involved in CVE-2020-12000?

CVE-2020-12000 involves the handling of serialized user-supplied data which lacks proper validation.

5

Is CVE-2020-12000 a remote vulnerability?

Yes, CVE-2020-12000 can be exploited remotely if an attacker sends malicious serialized data.

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