{"id":"CVE-2022-29963","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-29963","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:45:42.841Z","title":"TELNET on port 18550 provides access to a root shell via hardcoded credentials.","description":"The Emerson DeltaV Distributed Control System (DCS) controllers and IO cards through 2022-04-29 misuse passwords. TELNET on port 18550 provides access to a root shell via hardcoded credentials. This affects S-series, P-series, and CIOC/EIOC nodes. NOTE: this is different from CVE-2014-2350.","published":"2022-07-26T22:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:41:03.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-798"],"affected":["emerson/deltav distributed control system sq controller firmware","emerson/deltav distributed control system sx controller firmware","emerson/se4002s1t2b6 high side 40-pin mass i\\/o terminal block firmware","emerson/se4003s2b4 16-pin mass i\\/o terminal block firmware","emerson/se4003s2b524-pin mass i\\/o terminal block firmware","emerson/se4017p0 h1 i\\/o interface card and terminl block firmware","emerson/se4017p1 h1 i\\/o card with integrated power firmware","emerson/se4019p0 simplex h1 4-port plus fieldbus i\\/o interface with terminalblock firmware","emerson/se4026 virtual i\\/o module 2 firmware","emerson/se4027 virtual i\\/o module 2 firmware","emerson/se4032s1t2b8 high side 40-pin do mass i\\/o terminal block firmware","emerson/se4037p0 h1 i\\/o interface card and terminl block firmware","emerson/se4037p1 redundant h1 i\\/o card with integrated power and terminal block firmware","emerson/se4039p0 redundant h1 4-port plus fieldbus i\\/o interface with terminalblock firmware","emerson/se4052s1t2b6 high side 40-pin mass i\\/o terminal block firmware","emerson/se4082s1t2b8 high side 40-pin do mass i\\/o terminal block firmware","emerson/se4100 simplex ethernet i\\/o card \\(eioc\\) assembly firmware","emerson/se4101 simplex ethernet i\\/o card \\(eioc\\) assembly firmware","emerson/se4801t0x redundant wireless i\\/o card firmware","emerson/ve4103 modbus tcp interface for ethernet connected i\\/o \\(eioc\\) firmware","emerson/ve4104 ethernet\\/ip control tag integration for ethernet connected i\\/o \\(eioc\\) firmware","emerson/ve4105 ethernet\\/ip interface for ethernet connected i\\/o \\(eioc\\) firmware","emerson/ve4106 opc-ua client for ethernet connected i\\/o \\(eioc\\) firmware","emerson/ve4107 iec 61850 mms interface for ethernet connected i\\/o \\(eioc\\) firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00235,"percentile":0.14306,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-181-03","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.forescout.com/blog/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-181-03","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.forescout.com/blog/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29963","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}