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CVE-2023-44318 — Affected devices use a hardcoded key to obfuscate the configuration backup that

Affected devices use a hardcoded key to obfuscate the configuration backup that an administrator can export from the device. This could allow an authenticated attacker with administrative privileges or an attacker that obtains a configuration backup to extract configuration infor

CVSS
6.9 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.16% (top 63.80%)
CWE
CWE-321
Published
2023-11-14T11:03:52.696Z
Last modified
2026-02-25T16:51:11.212Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

01What is this vulnerability?

Affected devices use a hardcoded key to obfuscate the configuration backup that an administrator can export from the device. This could allow an authenticated attacker with administrative privileges or an attacker that obtains a configuration backup to extract configuration information from the exported file.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
SiemensRUGGEDCOM RM1224 LTE(4G) EU0
SiemensRUGGEDCOM RM1224 LTE(4G) NAM0
SiemensSCALANCE M804PB0
SiemensSCALANCE M8121 ADSL-Router — 0
SiemensSCALANCE M8121 ADSL-Router — 0
SiemensSCALANCE M8161 ADSL-Router — 0
SiemensSCALANCE M8161 ADSL-Router — 0
SiemensSCALANCE M8262 SHDSL-Router — 0
SiemensSCALANCE M8742 — 0
SiemensSCALANCE M8743 — 0
SiemensSCALANCE M8763 — 0
SiemensSCALANCE M8763 (ROK) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE M8764 — 0
SiemensSCALANCE M8764 (EU) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE M8764 (NAM) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE MUM8531 (EU) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE MUM8561 (EU) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE MUM8561 (RoW) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE S615 EEC LANRouter — 0
SiemensSCALANCE S615 LANRouter — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XB2053 (SC, PN) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XB2053 (ST, E/IP) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XB2053 (ST, E/IP) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XB2053 (ST, PN) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XB2053LD (SC, E/IP) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XB2053LD (SC, PN) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XB2062 (SC) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XB2062 (ST/BFOC) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XB2062 LD — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XB2062 SC — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XB2062 ST — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XB2062LD — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XB208 (E/IP)0
SiemensSCALANCE XB208 (PN)0
SiemensSCALANCE XB2133 (SC, E/IP) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XB2133 (SC, PN) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XB2133 (ST, E/IP) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XB2133 (ST, PN) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XB2133LD (SC, E/IP) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XB2133LD (SC, PN) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XB216 (E/IP)0
SiemensSCALANCE XB216 (PN)0
SiemensSCALANCE XC2062 (SC) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XC2062 (ST/BFOC) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XC2062G PoE — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XC2062G PoE (54 V DC) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XC2062G PoE EEC (54 V DC) — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XC2062SFP — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XC2062SFP EEC — 0
SiemensSCALANCE XC2062SFP G — 0

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

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

09References

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