{ "document": { "acknowledgments": [ { "organization": "Siemens ProductCERT", "summary": "reported this vulnerability to CISA." } ], "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "text": "Disclosure is not limited", "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/traffic-light-protocol-tlp-definitions-and-usage" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "summary", "text": "Mendix documentation for access rules does not adequately describe the special behavior of the System.User entity, leaving developers without sufficient guidance to configure access rules securely. This documentation gap may lead application developers to unknowingly apply overly permissive access rules to System.User, resulting in unintended exposure of sensitive user data or privilege escalation within deployed Mendix applications.\n\nA common misconfiguration identified is with the anonymous user role with a System.User entity to gain access to all stored records, even though no access rights are explicitly configured on that role.\n\nSiemens recommends Mendix developers to review their access rules based on updated documentation.", "title": "Summary" }, { "category": "general", "text": "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: https://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security), and to follow the recommendations in the product manuals.\n\nAdditional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity", "title": "General Recommendations" }, { "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" }, { "category": "legal_disclaimer", "text": "The use of Siemens Security Advisories is subject to the terms and conditions listed on: https://www.siemens.com/productcert/terms-of-use.", "title": "Terms of Use" }, { "category": "legal_disclaimer", "text": "This product is provided subject to this Notification (https://www.cisa.gov/notification) and this Privacy & Use policy (https://www.cisa.gov/privacy-policy).", "title": "Legal Notice and Terms of Use" }, { "category": "other", "text": "This ICSA is a verbatim republication of Siemens ProductCERT SSA-814963 from a direct conversion of the vendor's Common Security Advisory Framework (CSAF) advisory. This is republished to CISA's website as a means of increasing visibility and is provided \"as-is\" for informational purposes only. CISA is not responsible for the editorial or technical accuracy of republished advisories and provides no warranties of any kind regarding any information contained within this advisory. Further, CISA does not endorse any commercial product or service. Please contact Siemens ProductCERT directly for any questions regarding this advisory.", "title": "Advisory Conversion Disclaimer" }, { "category": "general", "text": "CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the exploitation risk of these vulnerabilities.", "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 more secure methods, such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), recognizing VPNs may have vulnerabilities and should be updated to the most recent 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 CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.", "title": "Recommended Practices" }, { "category": "general", "text": "CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets. Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at 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 suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.", "title": "Recommended Practices" }, { "category": "other", "text": "Critical Manufacturing", "title": "Critical infrastructure sectors" }, { "category": "other", "text": "Worldwide", "title": "Countries/areas deployed" }, { "category": "other", "text": "Germany", "title": "Company headquarters location" } ], "publisher": { "category": "other", "contact_details": "central@cisa.dhs.gov", "name": "CISA", "namespace": "https://www.cisa.gov/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "SSA-814963: Insecure Inherited Permission in Mendix - CSAF Version", "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-814963.json" }, { "category": "self", "summary": "SSA-814963: Insecure Inherited Permission in Mendix - HTML Version", "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-814963.html" }, { "category": "self", "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-26-209-02 JSON", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsa-26-209-02.json" }, { "category": "self", "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-26-209-02 - Web Version", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-209-02" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Recommended Practices", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-alerts/ics-alert-10-301-01" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Recommended Practices", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Recommended Practices", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Recommended Practices", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Recommended Practices", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Cybersecurity_Best_Practices_for_Industrial_Control_Systems.pdf" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Recommended Practices", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/targeted-cyber-intrusion-detection-and-mitigation-strategies-update-b" } ], "title": "Siemens Mendix Runtime", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-07-28T06:00:00.000000Z", "generator": { "date": "2026-07-22T13:46:32.919176Z", "engine": { "name": "CISA CSAF Generator", "version": "1.5.0" } }, "id": "ICSA-26-209-02", "initial_release_date": "2026-07-14T00:00:00.000000Z", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-07-14T00:00:00.000000Z", "legacy_version": "Initial", "number": "1", "summary": "Publication Date" }, { "date": "2026-07-28T06:00:00.000000Z", "legacy_version": "CISA Republication", "number": "2", "summary": "Initial CISA Republication of Siemens ProductCERT SSA-814963 advisory" } ], "status": "final", "version": "2" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:all/*", "product": { "name": "Mendix Runtime", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001" } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "Mendix Runtime" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "Siemens" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2026-7891", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-277", "name": "Insecure Inherited Permissions" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "Mendix documentation for access rules does not adequately describe the special behavior of the System.User entity, leaving developers without sufficient guidance to configure access rules securely. This documentation gap may lead application developers to unknowingly apply overly permissive access rules to System.User, resulting in unintended exposure of sensitive user data or privilege escalation within deployed Mendix applications.", "title": "CVE Description" } ], "product_status": { "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "external", "summary": "www.cve.org", "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7891" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "cwe.mitre.org", "url": "https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/277.html" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "www.first.org", "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N" } ], "remediations": [ { "category": "mitigation", "details": "Any security model relying solely on XPath constraints on a System.User specialization to restrict access should be revised to enforce restrictions at the App Security role-management configuration level instead.", "product_ids": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] }, { "category": "vendor_fix", "details": "Review mendix access rules knowing that System.User has built-in platform-enforced access rules that cannot be overridden or restricted by access rules defined on a specialization. Check updated documentation for further details", "product_ids": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } ], "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "baseScore": 9.1, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } ], "title": "CVE-2026-7891" } ] }