Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518 MFP NULL Pointer Dereference (CVE-2026-23398)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 505566

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

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.

See Also

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 505566

File Name: tenable_ot_siemens_CVE-2026-23398.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 7/27/2026

Updated: 7/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

Percentile: 96.49

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_cpu_firmware:3.1.5, cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_cpu_firmware:3.1.6, cpe:/o:siemens:siplus_s7-1500_cpu_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:siplus_s7-1500_cpu_firmware:3.1.6

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23398

CWE: 476