CVE-2023-1834 — Rockwell Automation was made aware that Kinetix 5500 drives, manufactured betwee

Rockwell Automation was made aware that Kinetix 5500 drives, manufactured between May 2022 and January 2023, and are running v7.13 may have the telnet and FTP ports open by default. This could potentially allow attackers unauthorized access to the device through the open ports.

01What is this vulnerability?

Rockwell Automation was made aware that Kinetix 5500 drives, manufactured between May 2022 and January 2023, and are running v7.13 may have the telnet and FTP ports open by default. This could potentially allow attackers unauthorized access to the device through the open ports.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Rockwell Automation	Kinetix 5500 EtherNet/IP Servo Drive	7.13

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: 2023-05-11T18:01:06.560Z
• Last modified: 2025-01-24T21:15:54.175Z

09References

• rockwellautomation.custhelp.com — https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1139441