CVE-2023-40151 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2023-40151

Red Lion Controls Sixnet RTU Exposed Dangerous Method Or Function

Vulnerability Description

When user authentication is not enabled the shell can execute commands with the highest privileges. Red Lion SixTRAK and VersaTRAK Series RTUs with authenticated users enabled (UDR-A) any Sixnet UDR message will meet an authentication challenge over UDP/IP. When the same message comes over TCP/IP the RTU will simply accept the message with no authentication challenge.

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:

  • Nitsan Litov of Claroty Research - Team82 reported these vulnerabilities to CISA.

Affected Vendor

Red Lion Controls

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Affected Software

ST-IPm-8460, ST-IPm-6350, VT-mIPm-135-D, VT-mIPm-245-D, VT-IPm2m-213-D, VT-IPm2m-113-D
Vulnerable Versions:
6.0.202, 4.9.114

Timeline

Official Publish: November 21st, 2023
Last Modified: February 25th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)