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CVE-2020-12526

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-12526 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Beckhoff TwinCAT OPC UA Server (up to v2.3.0.12) and IPC Diagnostics UA Server (up to v3.1.0.1). An unauthenticated attacker can render the server unresponsive by sending several specially crafted requests. While the real-time functionality of IPCs remains unaffected, the server's unavailability could disrupt operations. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium) due to its low attack complexity and network-based vector, leading to a low impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:beckhoff:ipc_diagnostics_ua_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 3.3.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:beckhoff:tf6100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.3.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:beckhoff:twincat_opc_ua_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0095 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cert.vde.com / en-us/advisories/vde-2020-051
Third Party Advisory
download.beckhoff.com / download/Document/product-security/Advisories/advisory-2021-001.pdf
Vendor Advisory