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Hitachi Energy RTU500 NULL Pointer Dereference (CVE-2026-24515)

low Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 505374

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

In libexpat before 2.7.4, XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate does not copy unknown encoding handler user data, causing Denial of Service impact.

Product is only affected if IEC 61850 functionality is configured.

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

Solution

Upgrade the RTU500 series CMU firmware to a fixed version (13.8.2, or 13.7.9 / 12.7.8 depending on the installed branch as listed in the Hitachi Energy advisory) and apply the general mitigation factors and workarounds described in the advisory.

See Also

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-155-04

http://www.nessus.org/u?d21730e8

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 505374

File Name: tenable_ot_abb_CVE-2026-24515.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 6/17/2026

Updated: 6/18/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.2

Percentile: 51.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1

Temporal Score: 0.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-24515

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.5

Temporal Score: 2.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:hitachienergy:rtu520_firmware:13.7, cpe:/o:hitachienergy:rtu540_firmware:13.7, cpe:/o:hitachienergy:rtu540_firmware:13.8.1, cpe:/o:hitachienergy:rtu560_firmware:13.7, cpe:/o:hitachienergy:rtu530_firmware:13.6, cpe:/o:hitachienergy:rtu530_firmware:13.8.1, cpe:/o:hitachienergy:rtu530_firmware:13.7, cpe:/o:hitachienergy:rtu520_firmware:13.8.1, cpe:/o:hitachienergy:rtu520_firmware:13.5, cpe:/o:hitachienergy:rtu560_firmware:13.5, cpe:/o:hitachienergy:rtu530_firmware:13.5, cpe:/o:hitachienergy:rtu540_firmware:13.6, cpe:/o:hitachienergy:rtu520_firmware:13.6, cpe:/o:hitachienergy:rtu560_firmware:13.6, cpe:/o:hitachienergy:rtu560_firmware:13.8.1, cpe:/o:hitachienergy:rtu540_firmware:13.5

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/ABB

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-24515

CWE: 476

ICSA: 26-155-04