CVE-2023-27858

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation contains an arbitrary code execution vulnerability that could potentially allow a malicious user to commit unauthorized code to the software by using an uninitialized pointer in the application.  The threat-actor could then execute malicious code on the system affecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the product.  The user would need to open a malicious file provided to them by the attacker for the code to execute.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
Rockwell AutomationArena SimulationAll versions before the 16.20.02 Patch
rockwellautomationarena_simulation< 16.20.02

References

Timeline

Published
Oct 27, 2023
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed

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CVE-2023-27858: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix