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medium 6.5

CVE-2024-8934 json

Beckhoff: Local command injection via TwinCAT Package Manager

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-49492

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A local user with administrative access rights can enter specialy crafted values for settings at the user interface (UI) of the TwinCAT Package Manager which then causes arbitrary OS commands to be executed.

Patch / fix

  • Beckhoff TwinCAT Package Manager 1.0.603.0
  • beckhoff twincat_packet_manager 1.0.603.0

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-24-312-01 updated cvss 6.5

Beckhoff Automation TwinCAT Package Manager

  • Beckhoff Automation TwinCAT Package Manager <1.0.603.0
    affected: mitigation “Beckhoff Automation recommends users update to at least version 1.0.613.0.” beckhoff.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Beckhoff TwinCAT Package Manager
  • beckhoff twincat_packet_manager

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

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