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CVE-2024-41797 Siemens CVE debrief

CVE-2024-41797 is a medium-severity authorization flaw in multiple Siemens SCALANCE and RUGGEDCOM devices. According to the advisory, an authenticated remote attacker with the "guest" role could invoke an internal "do system" command beyond their intended privileges. The most notable described impact is the ability to clear the local system log.

Vendor
Siemens
Product
RUGGEDCOM RST2428P (6GK6242-6PA00)
CVSS
MEDIUM 4.3
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2025-06-10
Original CVE updated
2025-06-10
Advisory published
2025-06-10
Advisory updated
2025-06-10

Who should care

Organizations running affected Siemens SCALANCE or RUGGEDCOM devices, especially OT/industrial network teams, plant operators, and defenders responsible for device access control and logging integrity.

Technical summary

The supplied advisory describes an incorrect authorization check that allows an authenticated remote user with guest privileges to call an internal command intended for higher privilege contexts. The CVSS vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) indicates network exploitation with low attack complexity and low integrity impact, with no confidentiality or availability impact reflected in the score. The cited practical effect is limited low-risk system actions, including clearing the local system log.

Defensive priority

Medium. The issue requires authenticated access, but it can undermine log integrity and privilege boundaries on exposed management interfaces. Apply the vendor fix promptly on affected devices and verify that guest-role access is constrained or removed where operationally feasible.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Update affected Siemens products to V3.1 or later, per the vendor remediation.
  • Review device access control so guest-role accounts are limited to the minimum required privileges.
  • Restrict management-plane exposure to trusted administrative networks only.
  • Monitor for unexpected changes to local system logs and configuration state.
  • Validate that device inventories include the affected SCALANCE and RUGGEDCOM models listed in the advisory.
  • Follow Siemens and CISA industrial control system security guidance for layered defenses and network segmentation.

Evidence notes

Source corpus states: "Affected devices contain an incorrect authorization check vulnerability" and that an authenticated remote attacker with "guest" role can invoke an internal "do system" command. The same advisory says the most critical action is clearing the local system log. The advisory metadata lists CVSS 4.3 (MEDIUM) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, and remediation is to update to V3.1 or later. Public disclosure date in the supplied corpus is 2025-06-10.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2024-41797 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41797

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

  • CVE-2024-41797 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41797

    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-25-162-03.json

    cisa_csaf

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-633269.json

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-633269.html

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-162-03

    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.