A vulnerability was found in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL Real-Time Automation Controller (Automation Software) (version now known). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a storing passwords in a recoverable format vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-257. The storage of passwords in a recoverable format makes them subject to password reuse attacks by malicious users. In fact, it should be noted that recoverable encrypted passwords provide no significant benefit over plaintext passwords since they are subject not only to reuse by malicious attackers but also by malicious insiders. If a system administrator can recover a password directly, or use a brute force search on the available information, the administrator can use the password on other accounts. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

A Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) database system could allow an authenticated attacker to retrieve passwords. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details.

The weakness was disclosed 05/11/2023. The advisory is shared for download at selinc.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-31150 since 04/24/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1552.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories

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• SEL Real-Time Automation Controller

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