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CVE-2024-31410 CyberPower CVE debrief

CyberPower PowerPanel Business versions 4.9.0 and earlier contain a hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability that results in identical certificates across managed devices. An attacker with network access and low privileges can impersonate any client in the system to send malicious data, achieving high integrity impact without confidentiality or availability effects. CISA published this advisory on May 2, 2024, with a revision on August 7, 2025, that updated CWE classification. CyberPower has released version 4.10.1 to address the issue.

Vendor
CyberPower
Product
PowerPanel Business
CVSS
MEDIUM 6.5
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2024-05-02
Original CVE updated
2025-08-07
Advisory published
2024-05-02
Advisory updated
2025-08-07

Who should care

Organizations using CyberPower PowerPanel Business for UPS management in data centers, industrial facilities, or critical infrastructure environments should prioritize patching. Security teams responsible for ICS/OT asset protection, certificate lifecycle management, and supply chain security should assess exposure. Compliance officers tracking CISA binding operational directives or sector-specific cybersecurity frameworks should verify remediation status.

Technical summary

The vulnerability exists because PowerPanel Business uses a hard-coded cryptographic key to generate certificates for managed devices. This design flaw causes all devices to share identical certificates, breaking the fundamental trust model of certificate-based authentication. An attacker who obtains the key or extracts a certificate can impersonate any legitimate client device, inject malicious data into the management system, and potentially manipulate UPS configurations or status reporting. The attack requires network access and valid low-privilege credentials but no user interaction. The integrity impact is rated high while confidentiality and availability remain unaffected.

Defensive priority

medium

Recommended defensive actions

  • Update PowerPanel Business to version 4.10.1 or later
  • Verify certificate uniqueness across all managed devices after patching
  • Review network segmentation for PowerPanel Business management interfaces
  • Monitor for anomalous client authentication attempts
  • Apply CISA ICS recommended practices for defense-in-depth

Evidence notes

The source advisory confirms identical certificates stem from a hard-coded cryptographic key, enabling client impersonation. CVSS 3.0 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N yields score 6.5 (Medium). Affected product is PowerPanel Business ≤4.9.0. Vendor fix available in v4.10.1 or later.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2024-31410 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-31410

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2024-31410 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31410

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2024/icsa-24-123-01.json

    cisa_csaf

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-123-01

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Cybersecurity_Best_Practices_for_Industrial_Control_Systems.pdf

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://us-cert.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B

    Reference

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.