A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CN 4100 (All versions < V3.0). The affected device contains hard coded password which is used for the privileged system user `root` and for the boot loader `GRUB` by default . An attacker who manages to crack the password hash gains root access to the device.
History

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Siemens simatic Cn 4100 Firmware
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_cn_4100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_cn_4100:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_cn_4100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Siemens simatic Cn 4100 Firmware

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: siemens

Published: 2024-05-14T10:02:48.224Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T02:20:34.965Z

Reserved: 2024-04-17T12:35:40.942Z

Link: CVE-2024-32741

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T02:20:34.965Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-14T16:17:11.640

Modified: 2025-08-21T12:32:00.647

Link: CVE-2024-32741

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