CVE-2020-7565 describes an inadequate encryption strength vulnerability (CWE-326) in all versions of Schneider Electric Modicon M221 controllers. An attacker who captures network traffic between EcoStruxure Machine - Basic software and the M221 controller could exploit this weakness to break the encryption key. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.3 (High), indicating a high impact on confidentiality and integrity with low attack complexity, requiring adjacent network access and user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_m221_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.