Siemens SIMATIC, SCALANCE and RUGGEDCOM Devices Use After Free (CVE-2024-39503)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 503438

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

netfilter: ipset: race between namespace cleanup and gc in the list:set type. The namespace cleanup can destroy the list:set type of sets while the gc of the set type is waiting to run in rcu cleanup.
The latter uses data from the destroyed set which thus leads use after free.

This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.

Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 503438

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 10/27/2025

Updated: 10/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xr-500wg_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xc-400_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xc-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xrm-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xr-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:ruggedcom_rst2428p_firmware:3.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xcm-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xrh-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xr-500_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_tm_mfp, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xch-300_series_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-39503

CWE: 416

Detections

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