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CVE-2024-2461 Hitachi Energy CVE debrief

CVE-2024-2461 affects Hitachi Energy XMC20 and is described as a file-system traversal issue that could let an attacker access files or directories that should be inaccessible. CISA’s advisory assigns the issue a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.9 (Medium). Hitachi Energy recommends updating affected systems to XMC20 R16B Revision D (cent2_r16b04_07, co5ne_r16b04_07) and applying general mitigation factors; end-of-life versions have no remediation available.

Vendor
Hitachi Energy
Product
XMC20
CVSS
MEDIUM 4.9
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2024-06-11
Original CVE updated
2024-06-11
Advisory published
2024-06-11
Advisory updated
2024-06-11

Who should care

Operators, administrators, and security teams responsible for Hitachi Energy XMC20 deployments, especially in industrial control/OT environments running affected versions or relying on privileged administrative access.

Technical summary

The advisory states that impacted XMC20 versions include R15A and older (including all subversions), R15B, R16A, and R16B Revision C (cent2_r16b04_02, co5ne_r16b04_02) and older. The supplied CVSS vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N, indicating a network-reachable issue that requires high privileges and no user interaction. The primary impact described is unauthorized traversal of the file system to reach otherwise inaccessible files or directories.

Defensive priority

Medium. The issue is publicly disclosed, affects multiple product versions, and has a vendor-supplied update path, but it is not listed as a Known Exploited Vulnerability in the supplied data and requires high privileges.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Inventory all Hitachi Energy XMC20 installations and identify affected versions.
  • Prioritize upgrading to XMC20 R16B Revision D (cent2_r16b04_07, co5ne_r16b04_07) where supported.
  • For end-of-life versions, plan migration because no remediation is available.
  • Apply Hitachi Energy’s general mitigation factors from the advisory.
  • Restrict and monitor privileged administrative access to XMC20 systems.
  • Use industrial-control-system defensive practices and network segmentation to limit exposure.
  • Review file-access activity and configuration changes for unexpected behavior on affected assets.

Evidence notes

This debrief is based on the supplied CISA CSAF advisory for CVE-2024-2461 and the vendor remediation text included in that advisory metadata. The advisory metadata lists Hitachi Energy as the vendor, XMC20 as the product, the affected versions, and the recommended fixed revision. The supplied timeline shows publication and modification on 2024-06-11T12:30:00.000Z, which is used here as the CVE timing context.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2024-2461 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2461

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

  • CVE-2024-2461 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2461

    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/2025/icsa-25-063-04.json

    cisa_csaf

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-063-04

    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/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/sites/default/files/publications/Cybersecurity_Best_Practices_for_Industrial_Control_Systems.pdf

    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.