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CVE-2022-29953

Q: Is CVE-2022-29953 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-29953 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.1% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Q: What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-29953?

CVE-2022-29953 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2022-07-26
Fixed in4.1
WeaknessCWE-798

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

The Bently Nevada 3700 series of condition monitoring equipment through 2022-04-29 has a maintenance interface on port 4001/TCP with undocumented, hardcoded credentials. An attacker capable of connecting to this interface can thus trivially take over its functionality.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2022-07-2622:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

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

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

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-29953?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-29953?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Bakerhughes bently nevada 3701\/40 firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
4.1	< 4.1	4.1	NVD

Bakerhughes bently nevada 3701\/44 firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
4.1	< 4.1	4.1	NVD

Bakerhughes bently nevada 3701\/46 firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
4.1	< 4.1	4.1	NVD

1 more product 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-22-188-02 CISA4 known affected
Bently Nevada ADAPT 3701/4X Series and 60M100
Bently Nevada 3701/40: All versions prior to 4.1 · Bently Nevada 3701/44: All versions prior to 4.1 · Bently Nevada 3701/46: All versions prior to 4.1 · +1 more

Full record on NVD

Fix

Update Bakerhughes bently nevada 3701\/40 firmware to 4.1
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-22-188-02 · 4 productsBently Nevada recommend users upgrade 3701/4x series to Version 4.1.1712.0601 or higher, which has the diagnostics port disabled and the hardcoded credentials removed from the firmware image.
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-22-188-02 · 4 productsBently Nevada 60M100 Ethernet Port B, which is for diagnostics where Port 4001/TCP is enabled, should not be connected during normal operation. The 3701/60 is approaching end-of-life status and users are encouraged to upgrade to 60M100.
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-22-188-02 · 4 productsFor support information, users should contact the Bently Nevada technical support team by email, phone (+1 775-215-1818), or website at Bently Nevada Support (login required).

Advisories and patches

www.cisa.govMitigation

Detection

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

Sources

NVDCVSS 3.19.8read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-798read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.1 %2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2022-07-26
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29953?

Is CVE-2022-29953 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-29953 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.1% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-29953?

CVE-2022-29953 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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