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Full vulnerability report · 2022
CVE-2022-26648High confidence

Siemens SCALANCE X200-4P IRT — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Siemens · SCALANCE X200-4P IRT

Official source article: Siemens SSA-310038 ↗. Check the applicable product and release in the original source.

8.2HighCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Patch only the product branches with a verified fix

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance. Verified remediation exists for at least one product or source, but 31 structured product or package states remain unresolved. Apply remediation only to the exact product branch confirmed by its source.

Fix availability varies by product
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Operational reassessment

Published severity in operational context

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Published severityHighOperational priority:High, unchanged from published severity.unchanged

Evidence used

  • No CISA KEV confirmation is currently recorded.
  • EPSS is 0.97% for the current model date.

Compensating controls

  • Validate the affected product branch and deploy the verified fixed release.
  • Restrict local access and enforce least privilege on affected hosts.
  • Monitor vendor guidance and exploitation sources for a material change.

Verification

  1. Confirm that the asset runs Siemens SCALANCE X200-4P IRT and falls inside the recorded affected range.
  2. Verify the installed build against the product-specific fixed version after deployment.
  3. Validate exposure, authentication requirements and compensating controls in the actual environment.
  4. Reopen this reassessment when CVSS, KEV, EPSS, exploit evidence or remediation changes.
Mitigation target: Within 30 daysRemediation target: Within 180 days

This automated reassessment organises public evidence. It does not know asset exposure, business impact or control effectiveness and does not replace CVSS or a human risk decision.

Cross-source reconciliation

Remediation availability differs by product scope

Verified remediation exists for at least one product or source, but 31 structured product or package states remain unresolved. Apply remediation only to the exact product branch confirmed by its source.

Direct vendor intelligence

Authoritative vendor CSAF and VEX advisories

Structured product status and remediation from the issuing vendor. Product-state explanations are always visible; large lists can be searched or downloaded.

1 current
SSA-310038 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 2 · interimSiemens ProductCERTSSA-310038: Multiple Vulnerabilities in SCALANCE X Switch Devices
31 known affected

The vendor explicitly identifies these products as affected by this CVE.

  • SCALANCE X200-4P IRT (6GK5200-4AH00-2BA3)
  • SCALANCE X201-3P IRT (6GK5201-3BH00-2BA3)
  • SCALANCE X201-3P IRT PRO (6GK5201-3JR00-2BA6)
  • SCALANCE X202-2IRT (6GK5202-2BB00-2BA3)
  • SCALANCE X202-2IRT (6GK5202-2BB10-2BA3)
  • SCALANCE X202-2P IRT (6GK5202-2BH00-2BA3)
  • SCALANCE X202-2P IRT PRO (6GK5202-2JR00-2BA6)
  • SCALANCE X204-2 (6GK5204-2BB10-2AA3)
  • SCALANCE X204-2FM (6GK5204-2BB11-2AA3)
  • SCALANCE X204-2LD (6GK5204-2BC10-2AA3)
  • SCALANCE X204-2LD TS (6GK5204-2BC10-2CA2)
  • SCALANCE X204-2TS (6GK5204-2BB10-2CA2)
Summary
Affected devices do not properly validate the GET parameter XNo of incoming HTTP requests. This could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash affected devices.
Remediation
Update to V5.2.6 or later version
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National CERT insights
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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2022-31202

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionPatch only the product branches with a verified fix

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance. Verified remediation exists for at least one product or source, but 31 structured product or package states remain unresolved. Apply remediation only to the exact product branch confirmed by its source.

Fix availability varies by product
01

What, why and how

A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE X200-4P IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X201-3P IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X201-3P IRT PRO (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X202-2IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X202-2IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X202-2P IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X202-2P IRT PRO (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X204-2 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X204-2FM (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X204-2LD (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X204-2LD TS (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X204-2TS (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X204IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X204IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X204IRT PRO (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X206-1 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X206-1LD (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X208 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X208PRO (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X212-2 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X212-2LD (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X216 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X224 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE XF201-3P IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE XF202-2P IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE XF204 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE XF204-2 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE XF204-2BA IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE XF204IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE XF206-1 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE XF208 (All versions < V5.2.6). Affected devices do not properly validate the GET parameter XNo of incoming HTTP requests. This could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash affected devices.

What

A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE X200-4P IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X201-3P IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X201-3P IRT PRO (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X202-2IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X202-2IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X202-2P IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X202-2P IRT PRO (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X204-2 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X204-2FM (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X204-2LD (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X204-2LD TS (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X204-2TS (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X204IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X204IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X204IRT PRO (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X206-1 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X206-1LD (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X208 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X208PRO (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X212-2 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X212-2LD (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X216 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X224 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE XF201-3P IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE XF202-2P IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE XF204 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE XF204-2 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE XF204-2BA IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE XF204IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE XF206-1 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE XF208 (All versions < V5.2.6). Affected devices do not properly validate the GET parameter XNo of incoming HTTP requests. This could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash affected devices.

Why

The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

How

An attacker operating through an adjacent network may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.

What

A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE X200-4P IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X201-3P IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X201-3P IRT PRO (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X202-2IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X202-2IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X202-2P IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X202-2P IRT PRO (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X204-2 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X204-2FM (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X204-2LD (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X204-2LD TS (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X204-2TS (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X204IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X204IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X204IRT PRO (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE X206-1 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X206-1LD (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X208 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X208PRO (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X212-2 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X212-2LD (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X216 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE X224 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE XF201-3P IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE XF202-2P IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE XF204 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE XF204-2 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE XF204-2BA IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE XF204IRT (All versions < V5.5.2), SCALANCE XF206-1 (All versions < V5.2.6), SCALANCE XF208 (All versions < V5.2.6). Affected devices do not properly validate the GET parameter XNo of incoming HTTP requests. This could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash affected devices.

Why

The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

How

An attacker operating through an adjacent network may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
an adjacent network → Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') → disrupt the affected service
Attack surface
Adjacent
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Changed: exploitation can affect a different security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-120 ↗

CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow'). The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVAdjacentAttack vector: The attacker must be on an adjacent or logically close network.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SChangedScope: The attack can affect a component governed by a different security authority.CLowConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a limited loss.ILowIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a limited loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
No specific living-off-the-land technique is confirmed in the structured sources. Monitor normal administration tools for activity inconsistent with the affected service's baseline.
Denial of serviceCWE-120
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

Cyber Security Agency of Singapore · English · CSA-SB-20220713Security Bulletin 13 Jul 2022

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore included this CVE in its official Security Bulletin 13 Jul 2022, published on 13 July 2022. Open the linked bulletin for the product, severity and reference information published in that issue.

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-627Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens

html Bulletin de sécurité Siemens ssa-910883 du 12 juillet 2022 https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-910883.html Bulletin de sécurité Siemens ssa-944952 du 12 juillet 2022 https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-944952.html Référence CVE CVE-2021-29998 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29998 Référence CVE CVE-2021-44221 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44221 Référence CVE CVE-2021-44222 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44222 Référence CVE CVE-2022-2069 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2069 Référence CVE CVE-2022-26647 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26647 Référence CVE CVE-2022-26648 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26648 Référence CVE CVE-2022-26649 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26649 Référence CVE CVE-2022-28807 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28807 Référence CVE CVE-2022-28808 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28808 Référence CVE CVE-2022-28809 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28809 Référence CVE CVE-2022-29560 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29560 Référence CVE CVE-2022-29884 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29884 Référence CVE CVE-2022-30938 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-30938 Référence CVE CVE-2022-31257 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
JVN iPedia · Japanese · JVNDB-2022-013160複数のシーメンス製品における古典的バッファオーバーフローの脆弱性

SCALANCE X204-2 ファームウェア、SCALANCE X204-2FM ファームウェア、SCALANCE X204-2LD ファームウェア等複数のシーメンス製品には、古典的バッファオーバーフローの脆弱性が存在します。

Official advisory ↗
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Fix availability varies by product
Affected
Fixed
Update to V5.2.6 or later version
Action
Use the product-specific evidence above. Patch only products with a verified fixed release, and keep every affected or under-investigation state without a matching fix in the remediation queue.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 12 Jul 2022 · Last source change 21 Apr 2025, 13:52 UTC · CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-31202
Product sourceVendor CSAF · Siemens ProductCERT
Remediation sourceVendor CSAF · Siemens ProductCERT
CWE sourceCNA
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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  1. Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
    Before
    All versions < V5.5.2; All versions < V5.2.6 · Fixed: An authoritative update reference is available, but the fixed version is not recorded in the structured CVE fields. Check the linked vendor advisory for the applicable release.
    After
    All versions < V5.5.2; All versions < V5.2.6 · Fixed: Update to V5.2.6 or later version
    Siemens ProductCERT ↗
Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
CVE published
Fixed release or patch reference recorded
Fixed release recorded from official guidance
ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-31202↗Siemens ProductCERT security advisory · Siemens SSA-310038↗CVE authority or vendor reference↗Official CVE record (CNA and ADP data)↗NVD record↗
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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