B&R Automation X20EDS410 Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres (CVE-2026-31431)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 505894

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The Linux kernel version shipped with the affected B&R product (X20EDS410) is affected by a vulnerability. A flaw in the kernel's crypto algif_aead in-place operation handling.

Successful local exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an authenticated attacker with low privileges to escalate privileges to root on the affected system.

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Solution

The following text was originally created by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The original can be found at CISA.gov.

B&R recommends that users update affected products to the latest available version and apply their defense in depth for B&R products strategy. For details on this issue, please refer to the corresponding ABB PSIRT security advisory (SA26P010).

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 505894

File Name: tenable_ot_brautomation_CVE-2026-31431.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 7/30/2026

Updated: 7/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

Percentile: 99.86

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:br-automation:x20eds410

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/BRAutomation

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2026

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/15/2026

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Copy Fail AF_ALG + authencesn Page-Cache Write)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-31431

CWE: 669

ICSA: 26-174-06

Detections

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