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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-6026

This may allow a current session to be compromised.

EXPLOITCRITICAL 9.1EPSS 31.8%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 31.8%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

A Use of Insufficiently Random Values issue was discovered in Schneider Electric Modicon PLCs Modicon M241, firmware versions prior to Version 4.0.5.11, and Modicon M251, firmware versions prior to Version 4.0.5.11. The session numbers generated by the web application are lacking randomization and are shared between several users. This may allow a current session to be compromised.

CVSS 3.1
9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
31.82% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 30 November 2018
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-330
Affected
schneider-electric/modicon m251 firmware · schneider-electric/modicon m241 firmware
Source
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
EPSS trend
0%18%35%27 October 2026: 31.82%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 31.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-45918source ↗Schneider Electric PLC - Session Calculation Authentication Bypasshardware · Photubiaswebapps30 November 2018no

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.