B&R Industrial Automation Automation Runtime up to 6.0.0 SSL/TLS inadequate encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in B&R Industrial Automation Automation Runtime up to 6.0.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component SSL/TLS. Such manipulation leads to inadequate encryption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-5800. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in B&R Industrial Automation Automation Runtime up to 6.0.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component SSL/TLS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a inadequate encryption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-326. The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Diffie-Hellman groups with insufficient strength are used in the SSL/TLS stack of B&R Automation Runtime versions before 6.0.2, allowing a network attacker to decrypt the SSL/TLS communication.

The advisory is shared for download at br-automation.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-5800 since 06/10/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

Upgrading to version 6.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Inadequate encryption
CWE: CWE-326 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Automation Runtime 6.0.2

Timelineinfo

06/10/2024 🔍
08/10/2024 +61 days 🔍
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12/19/2025 +496 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: br-automation.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-5800 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-5800
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-274112

Entryinfo

Created: 08/10/2024 08:25
Updated: 12/19/2025 17:13
Changes: 08/10/2024 08:25 (68), 12/19/2025 17:13 (12)
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