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CVE-2023-28831

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28831 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the OPC UA implementations (ANSI C and C++) of Siemens products. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted certificate, causing the application to enter an infinite loop and resulting in a denial-of-service condition. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_cloud_connect_7_cc712_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_cloud_connect_7_cc716_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_drive_controller_cpu_1504d_tf_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.9.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_drive_controller_cpu_1507d_tf_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.9.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_et_200sp_open_controller_cpu_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

8.7HIGH

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
NONE
VS Integrity
NONE
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0082 is in the 29th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/html/ssa-118850.html
MitigationVendor Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/html/ssa-711309.html
MitigationVendor Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/pdf/ssa-118850.pdf
MitigationVendor Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/pdf/ssa-711309.pdf
Vendor Advisory