Siemens SIMATIC Devices Improper Input Validation (CVE-2023-50495)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 503848

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

NCurse v6.4-20230418 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component _nc_wrap_entry().

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: 503848

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 10/29/2025

Updated: 10/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_tm_mfp_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-50495

CWE: 20

Detections

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