CVE-2022-45147 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2022-45147

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo V4.0...

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo V4.0 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 V16 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 V17 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 V18 (All versions < V18 Update 2). Affected applications do not properly restrict the .NET BinaryFormatter when deserializing user-controllable input. This could allow an attacker to cause a type confusion and execute arbitrary code within the affected application. This is the same issue that exists for .NET BinaryFormatter https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2300.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

SIMATIC PCS neo V4.0, SIMATIC STEP 7 V16, SIMATIC STEP 7 V17, SIMATIC STEP 7 V18
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: July 9th, 2024
Last Modified: August 27th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Weaknesses (CWE)