A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC STEP 7 Safety V18 (All versions < V18 Update 2). Affected applications do not properly restrict the .NET BinaryFormatter when deserializing user-controllable input. This could allow an attacker to cause a type confusion and execute arbitrary code within the affected application. This is the same issue that exists for .NET BinaryFormatter https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2300.
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-193-12
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-313039.html
Published: 2024-07-09
Updated: 2026-04-15
Base Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 6.3
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.00333