CVE-2020-10264 — CB3 SW Version 3

CB3 SW Version 3.3 and upwards, e-series SW Version 5.0 and upwards allow authenticated access to the RTDE (Real-Time Data Exchange) interface on port 30004 which allows setting registers, the speed slider fraction as well as digital and analog Outputs. Additionally unautheticate

01What is this vulnerability?

CB3 SW Version 3.3 and upwards, e-series SW Version 5.0 and upwards allow authenticated access to the RTDE (Real-Time Data Exchange) interface on port 30004 which allows setting registers, the speed slider fraction as well as digital and analog Outputs. Additionally unautheticated reading of robot data is also possible

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Universal Robots A	S / Universal Robots Robot Controllers CB 3.1	CB3 SW Versions 3.3 up to 3.12.1
Universal Robots A	S / Universal Robots Robot Controllers e	Series — next of SW Versions 5.0 up to 5.7

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-04-06T12:08:40.625Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-17T03:28:29.912Z

09References

• www.universal-robots.com — https://www.universal-robots.com/how-tos-and-faqs/how-to/ur-how-tos/real-time-da…