CVE-2022-21798 - CVE House

Status published High CVE-2022-21798

ICSA-22-053-02 GE Proficy CIMPLICITY-Cleartext

7.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

The affected product is vulnerable due to cleartext transmission of credentials seen in the CIMPLICITY network, which can be easily spoofed and used to log in to make operational changes to the system.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Yuval Ardon and Roman Dvorkin of OTORIO reported this vulnerability to CISA

References

https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-053-02

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

Proficy CIMPLICITY

Vulnerable Versions:

all

Timeline

Official Publish: February 25th, 2022

Last Modified: April 16th, 2025

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-319

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1040 Network Sniffing

Collection

T1557 Adversary-in-the-Middle

Credential Access

T1552 Unsecured Credentials