Pepperl Fuchs manufactures industrial automation and sensor products spanning a large and diverse portfolio of field devices, gateways, and networked components that form critical infrastructure in manufacturing and process control environments. The vendor's vulnerability footprint, while concentrated across a notable range of products, reflects the embedded and operational-technology context typical of factory automation: disclosures center on gateway and firmware products such as the WHA-GW industrial wireless gateway series and managed Ethernet switches, where network access and device configuration present the primary attack surface. The vendor's disclosures do not exhibit a pattern of severe or widely exploited outcomes; defenders should treat these as lower-urgency advisories and prioritize inventory and network segmentation of affected industrial devices over emergency patching cycles. Current exploitation activity, severity distribution, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Pepperl Fuchs over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (27 CVEs).
27 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2017-5753MEDIUM Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side | Jan 4, 2018 | 5.6 | 83 | NO | YES |
CVE-2020-12513HIGH Pepperl+Fuchs Comtrol IO-Link Master in Version 1.5.48 and below is prone to an authenticated blind OS Command Injection. | Jan 22, 2021 | 8.8 | 43 | NO | NO |
CVE-2020-12503HIGH Improper Authorization vulnerability of Pepperl+Fuchs P+F Comtrol RocketLinx ES7510-XT, ES8509-XT, ES8510-XT, ES9528-XTv2, ES7506, ES7510, ES7528, ES8508, ES8508F, ES8510, ES8510-X | Oct 15, 2020 | 7.2 | 35 | NO | NO |
CVE-2020-12501CRITICAL Improper Authorization vulnerability of Pepperl+Fuchs P+F Comtrol RocketLinx ES7510-XT, ES8509-XT, ES8510-XT, ES9528-XTv2, ES7506, ES7510, ES7528, ES8508, ES8508F, ES8510, ES8510-X | Oct 15, 2020 | 9.8 | 31 | NO | NO |
CVE-2024-6422CRITICAL An unauthenticated remote attacker can manipulate the device via Telnet, stop processes, read, delete and change data. | Jul 10, 2024 | 9.8 | 30 | NO | NO |
CVE-2021-34565CRITICAL In PEPPERL+FUCHS WirelessHART-Gateway 3.0.7 to 3.0.9 the SSH and telnet services are active with hard-coded credentials. | Aug 31, 2021 | 9.8 | 30 | NO | NO |
CVE-2020-12500CRITICAL Improper Authorization vulnerability of Pepperl+Fuchs P+F Comtrol RocketLinx ES7510-XT, ES8509-XT, ES8510-XT, ES9528-XTv2, ES7506, ES7510, ES7528, ES8508, ES8508F, ES8510, ES8510-X | Oct 15, 2020 | 9.8 | 30 | NO | NO |
CVE-2021-34561HIGH In PEPPERL+FUCHS WirelessHART-Gateway <= 3.0.8 serious issue exists, if the application is not externally accessible or uses IP-based access restrictions. Attackers can use DNS Reb | Aug 31, 2021 | 8.8 | 27 | NO | NO |
CVE-2021-20987HIGH A denial of service and memory corruption vulnerability was found in Hilscher EtherNet/IP Core V2 prior to V2.13.0.21that may lead to code injection through network or make devices | Feb 16, 2021 | 8.6 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2020-12525HIGH M&M Software fdtCONTAINER Component in versions below 3.5.20304.x and between 3.6 and 3.6.20304.x is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted data in its project storage. | Jan 22, 2021 | 7.8 | 25 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (27 CVEs).
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