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  "document": {
    "acknowledgments": [
      {
        "organization": "Siemens",
        "summary": "reporting this vulnerability to CISA"
      }
    ],
    "category": "csaf_security_advisory",
    "csaf_version": "2.0",
    "distribution": {
      "text": "Disclosure is not limited",
      "tlp": {
        "label": "WHITE",
        "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/"
      }
    },
    "lang": "en-US",
    "notes": [
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "This CSAF advisory was extracted from unstructured data and may contain inaccuracies. If you notice any errors, please reach out to the designated contact at CISA CSAF: central@cisa.dhs.gov",
        "title": "CISA Disclaimer"
      },
      {
        "category": "legal_disclaimer",
        "text": "All information products included in https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics are provided \"as is\" for informational purposes only. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not provide any warranties of any kind regarding any information contained within. DHS does not endorse any commercial product or service, referenced in this product or otherwise. Further dissemination of this product is governed by the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) marking in the header. For more information about TLP, see https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/.",
        "title": "Legal Notice"
      },
      {
        "category": "summary",
        "text": "Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an attacker to retrieve sensitive information. ",
        "title": "Risk evaluation"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Multiple",
        "title": "Critical infrastructure sectors"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Worldwide",
        "title": "Countries/areas deployed"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Germany",
        "title": "Company headquarters location"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities. Specifically, users should:",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "Minimize network exposure for all control system devices and/or systems, and ensure they are not accessible from the Internet.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "Locate control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls and isolate them from business networks.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "When remote access is required, use secure methods, such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), recognizing VPNs may have vulnerabilities and should be updated to the most current version available. Also recognize VPN is only as secure as its connected devices.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov in the Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "No known public exploits specifically target these vulnerabilities.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "For further inquiries on security vulnerabilities in Siemens products and solutions, please contact the Siemens ProductCERT: https://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories",
        "title": "Additional Resources"
      }
    ],
    "publisher": {
      "category": "coordinator",
      "contact_details": "Email: CISAservicedesk@cisa.dhs.gov;\n Toll Free: 1-888-282-0870",
      "name": "CISA",
      "namespace": "https://www.cisa.gov/"
    },
    "references": [
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "SSA-116924: Path Traversal Vulnerability in TIA Portal - CSAF Version",
        "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-116924.json"
      },
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-23-103-08 JSON",
        "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2023/icsa-23-103-08.json"
      },
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-23-103-08 Web Version",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-103-08"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/recommended-practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://cisa.gov/ics"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "SSA-116924: Path Traversal Vulnerability in TIA Portal - HTML Version",
        "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-116924.html"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "SSA-116924: Path Traversal Vulnerability in TIA Portal - PDF Version",
        "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-116924.pdf"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "SSA-116924: Path Traversal Vulnerability in TIA Portal - TXT Version",
        "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/txt/ssa-116924.txt"
      }
    ],
    "title": "Siemens Mendix Forgot Password Module",
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          "date": "2025-05-06T06:00:00.000000Z",
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          "summary": "Revision - Fixing typos"
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          {
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              }
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          {
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        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "Affected products contain a path traversal vulnerability that could allow the creation or overwrite of arbitrary files in the engineering system. If the user is tricked to open a malicious PC system configuration file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution.",
          "title": "Summary"
        }
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          "details": "Do not open untrusted project files or PC system configuration files",
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        {
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        {
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        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V17 Update 6 or later version",
          "product_ids": [
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          ],
          "url": "https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109784441/"
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V18 Update 1 or later version",
          "product_ids": [
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          ],
          "url": "https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109817218/"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "As a general security measure, Siemens strongly recommends to protect network access to devices with appropriate mechanisms. In order to operate the devices in a protected IT environment, Siemens recommends to configure the environment according to Siemens' operational guidelines for Industrial Security (Download: \nhttps://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security), and to follow the recommendations in the product manuals.\nAdditional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity",
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            "CSAFPID-0003",
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      ],
      "title": "CVE-2023-26293"
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  ]
}