CVE-2022-29831
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2022-11-25
- WeaknessCWE-259 · CWE-798
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Description
Use of Hard-coded Password vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GX Works3 versions from 1.015R to 1.095Z allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to obtain information about the project file for MELSEC safety CPU modules.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2022-11-2500:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
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- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-29831?format=csv
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Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.x | ≥ 1.015r, ≤ 1.086q | no fix published | NVD |
| 1.87+ | ≥ 1.087r | no fix published | NVD |
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
Mitsubishi Electric FA Engineering Software (Update C)
Mitsubishi Electric GX Works3: >=1.015R|<1.087R · Mitsubishi Electric GX Works3: 1.090U · Mitsubishi Electric GX Works3: 1.095Z
Fix
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-22-333-05 · 3 productsGX Works3:
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-22-333-05 · 3 productsMitsubishi Electric released and recommends users update to the latest version:
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-22-333-05 · 3 productsCVE-2022-25164, CVE-2022-29830, and CVE-2022-29831: Download fixed Ver. 1.096A or later. Then set security version for project to "2".
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-22-333-05 · 3 productsGT Designer3 Version1 (GOT2000):
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-22-333-05 · 3 productsMotion Control Setting:
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-22-333-05 · 3 productsFor all other listed vulnerabilities, Mitsubishi Electric released mitigations/workarounds for users to follow:
Advisories and patches
- www.mitsubishielectric.comMitigation · Vendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Published
- 2022-11-25
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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