No exploitation reported

CVE-2022-1159

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2022-04-01
WeaknessCWE-94

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Designer (all versions) are vulnerable when an attacker who achieves administrator access on a workstation running Studio 5000 Logix Designer could inject controller code undetectable to a user.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2022-04-0123:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

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Versions per branch

NVD

Rockwellautomation compact guardlogix 5380 firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
—	all versions	no fix published	NVD

Rockwellautomation compactlogix 5380 firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
—	all versions	no fix published	NVD

Rockwellautomation compactlogix 5480 firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
—	all versions	no fix published	NVD

2 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

ICSA-22-090-07 CISA5 known affected
Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Designer
Studio 5000 Logix Designer - ControlLogix 5580 controllers · Studio 5000 Logix Designer - GuardLogix 5580 controllers · Studio 5000 Logix Designer - CompactLogix 5380 controllers · +2 more

Full record on NVD

Fix

Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-22-090-07 · 5 productsRockwell Automation recommends users of the affected hardware and software take risk mitigation steps listed below. Users are encouraged, when possible, to combine this guidance with the general security guidelines for a comprehensive defense-in-depth strategy.
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-22-090-07 · 5 productsThere is no direct mitigation for this vulnerability in the Logix Designer application. However, a detection method is available to determine if the user program residing in the controller is identical to what was downloaded.
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-22-090-07 · 5 productsOn-demand using the Logix Designer application Compare Tool v9 or later
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-22-090-07 · 5 productsScheduled using FactoryTalk AssetCentre v12 or later user program verification (Available Fall 2022)
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-22-090-07 · 5 productsTo leverage these detection capabilities, users are directed to upgrade to Studio 5000 v34 software or later
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-22-090-07 · 5 productsCorresponding versions of Logix 5580, 5380, 5480, GuardLogix 5580 and Compact GuardLogix 5380 controller firmware.

Advisories and patches

www.cisa.govMitigation

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2025-04-16
OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
CNACVSS 3.17.7read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 3.17.2read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.06.5read 2026-10-23
CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-94read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-94read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score3.5 %2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2022-04-01
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1159?

Is CVE-2022-1159 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-1159 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 3.5% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-1159?

CVE-2022-1159 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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