Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2022-1264 affects Inductive Automation Ignition and may let someone who already has access to the Ignition web configuration run arbitrary code. The practical risk depends heavily on who can reach and authenticate to that configuration interface.
Executive priority
Treat this as a prioritized operational technology remediation item, especially for plants where Ignition administration is reachable outside tightly controlled networks. It is not listed as actively exploited in the supplied evidence.
Technical view
The CVE describes a CWE-22 issue in Ignition with CVSS 6.8. The vector is network reachable, low complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, changed scope, high integrity impact, and no stated confidentiality or availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most relevant where Ignition web configuration is reachable by administrators, operators, vendors, or other privileged users. Internet or broadly reachable management interfaces would increase business risk, but the provided sources do not state exposure prevalence.
Exploitation context
The sources do not show CISA KEV listing or confirmed active exploitation. Exploitation requires access to the Ignition web configuration and high privileges, which reduces opportunistic risk but keeps insider, compromised-admin, and vendor-access scenarios relevant.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE record and CISA advisory reference. The CVSS vector indicates authenticated, high-privilege network exploitation with integrity impact. Do not assume public exploit availability, active attacks, or a specific patch path beyond vendor guidance.
Mitigation direction
- Review Inductive Automation and CISA guidance for the applicable fixed version or workaround.
- Restrict Ignition web configuration access to authorized administrative networks and users.
- Audit privileged accounts with access to Ignition web configuration.
- Monitor administrative activity for unexpected configuration changes or code-execution indicators.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Ignition deployments and compare versions against the affected version data.
- Confirm who can access the Ignition web configuration interface.
- Review authentication logs for unusual privileged access to web configuration.
- Check vendor guidance before declaring a system remediated.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N2.34Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.8MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-102-03CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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