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CVE-2026-22924 Siemens CVE debrief

CVE-2026-22924 is a critical Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100 issue where the affected application does not properly restrict unauthenticated connections and can be driven into resource exhaustion. Per the advisory, this can disrupt normal operations and may also enable unauthorized actions, with potential impact to both availability and integrity.

Vendor
Siemens
Product
SIMATIC CN 4100
CVSS
CRITICAL 9.1
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2026-05-12
Original CVE updated
2026-05-14
Advisory published
2026-05-12
Advisory updated
2026-05-14

Who should care

OT/ICS operators, plant engineers, and security teams responsible for Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100 deployments, especially any environment running versions earlier than V5.0.

Technical summary

The advisory describes insufficient restriction of unauthenticated connections in Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100 vers:intdot/<5.0. The disclosed impact is resource exhaustion, which can degrade or halt service, and the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H) indicates network-reachable impact with no privileges required. The vendor remediation is to update to V5.0 or later.

Defensive priority

Immediate. This is a CVSS 9.1 critical issue with network exposure and no authentication requirement, so affected environments should prioritize remediation and exposure reduction now.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Update Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100 to V5.0 or later as recommended by the vendor.
  • Identify all deployed instances of SIMATIC CN 4100 and confirm whether any are running versions earlier than V5.0.
  • Restrict network access to the affected application to trusted management and operational hosts only.
  • Segment OT/ICS networks to reduce exposure from untrusted or broader enterprise networks.
  • Monitor for abnormal connection volume, service degradation, or signs of resource exhaustion.
  • Review Siemens and CISA ICS recommended practices to harden affected environments.

Evidence notes

This debrief is based on the CISA CSAF advisory ICSA-26-134-10, which republishes Siemens ProductCERT advisory SSA-032379. The source metadata lists CVE-2026-22924, product names including Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100, and the vendor remediation to update to V5.0 or later. Published and modified dates used here are 2026-05-12 and 2026-05-14, respectively.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2026-22924 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-22924

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

  • CVE-2026-22924 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22924

    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/2026/icsa-26-134-10.json

    cisa_csaf

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-032379.json

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-134-10

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/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://www.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.