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CVE-2024-41683 Siemens CVE debrief

A medium-severity authentication weakness in Siemens Location Intelligence family products allows brute-force attacks due to insufficient password policy enforcement. Published 2024-08-13 by CISA and Siemens.

Vendor
Siemens
Product
Location Intelligence family
CVSS
MEDIUM 5.3
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2024-08-13
Original CVE updated
2024-08-13
Advisory published
2024-08-13
Advisory updated
2024-08-13

Who should care

Organizations operating Siemens Location Intelligence family products in industrial or enterprise environments, OT security teams, ICS asset owners, and administrators responsible for authentication and access control policies.

Technical summary

CVE-2024-41683 affects Siemens Location Intelligence family products due to inadequate enforcement of strong user password policies. The vulnerability, rated CVSS 5.3 (MEDIUM), could allow attackers to conduct brute-force attacks against legitimate user passwords. The issue is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity and requires no user interaction or privileges. Siemens has released version 4.4 as a remediation. This vulnerability is particularly relevant to operational technology (OT) environments where Location Intelligence systems may be deployed.

Defensive priority

medium

Recommended defensive actions

  • Update Siemens Location Intelligence family products to version 4.4 or later per vendor guidance
  • Enforce strong password policies at the organizational level, including minimum length, complexity requirements, and regular rotation
  • Implement account lockout policies and rate limiting to mitigate brute-force attack attempts
  • Monitor authentication logs for anomalous login patterns and repeated failed attempts
  • Apply network segmentation to limit exposure of affected systems to untrusted networks
  • Review CISA ICS recommended practices for defense-in-depth strategies
  • Consider multi-factor authentication where supported to reduce reliance on password strength alone

Evidence notes

CISA CSAF advisory ICSA-24-228-07 and Siemens security advisory SSA-720392 confirm affected products do not enforce strong password policies, enabling brute-force attacks against legitimate credentials. CVSS 5.3 (MEDIUM) per source.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2024-41683 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41683

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

  • CVE-2024-41683 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41683

    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-24-228-07.json

    cisa_csaf

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-720392.json

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-720392.html

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-228-07

    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

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.