General Electric iNET/iNET II up to 8.2.x credentials storage

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in General Electric iNET and iNET II up to 8.2.x and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes credentials storage. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2022-24120. It is feasible to perform the attack on the physical device. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in General Electric iNET and iNET II up to 8.2.x. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials storage vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-256. Storing a password in plaintext may result in a system compromise. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Certain General Electric Renewable Energy products store cleartext credentials in flash memory. This affects iNET and iNET II before 8.3.0.

The weakness was presented 12/26/2022 as icsa-22-090-06. The advisory is shared at cisa.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-24120 since 01/28/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 8.3.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-29032). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.2

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials storage
CWE: CWE-256 / CWE-255
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iNET/iNET II 8.3.0

Timelineinfo

01/28/2022 🔍
12/26/2022 +332 days 🔍
12/26/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/02/2026 +1222 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: icsa-22-090-06
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-24120 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-24120
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-216793
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/26/2022 08:08
Updated: 05/02/2026 01:15
Changes: 12/26/2022 08:08 (40), 01/24/2023 13:24 (11), 04/12/2025 06:49 (15), 05/02/2026 01:15 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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