CVE-2024-32042 CyberPower CVE debrief

Who should care

Organizations using CyberPower PowerPanel Business for UPS management and power monitoring, particularly in industrial control system (ICS) environments. System administrators responsible for critical infrastructure power management, security teams overseeing OT/ICS asset protection, and compliance officers managing credential security standards should prioritize this patch. The hardcoded key exposure creates risk for credential compromise that could enable lateral movement or privilege escalation in environments where PowerPanel Business manages critical power infrastructure.

Technical summary

CVE-2024-32042 affects CyberPower PowerPanel Business versions 4.9.0 and earlier. The application uses a hardcoded encryption key to protect passwords stored in its database. Because this key is embedded in the application code rather than being uniquely generated or externally managed, an attacker with high-level privileges (PR:H) can extract the key and decrypt stored passwords. The vulnerability is network-accessible (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), resulting in a CVSS 3.1 score of 4.9 (Medium). The confidentiality impact is rated High (C:H) with no integrity or availability impact. CyberPower released version 4.10.1 to address this issue. The vulnerability was disclosed in CISA advisory ICSA-24-123-01 on May 2, 2024, with a revision on August 7, 2025 updating CWE classification.

Defensive priority

medium

Recommended defensive actions

• Upgrade CyberPower PowerPanel Business to version 4.10.1 or later to remediate the hardcoded encryption key vulnerability
• Review and rotate any credentials stored in PowerPanel Business databases that may have been exposed due to this cryptographic weakness
• Implement network segmentation to restrict access to PowerPanel Business management interfaces from untrusted networks
• Audit administrative accounts and access logs for signs of unauthorized credential access or privilege escalation
• Apply principle of least privilege to PowerPanel Business administrative accounts to reduce attack surface
• Monitor for anomalous authentication attempts or database access patterns that could indicate credential exploitation

Evidence notes

CISA ICS advisory ICSA-24-123-01 confirms the hardcoded encryption key vulnerability in PowerPanel Business ≤4.9.0. The advisory was initially published on 2024-05-02 and last modified on 2025-08-07 to update CWE classification. Vendor fix available in version 4.10.1.

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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.