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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518 MFP Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime (CVE-2026-22979)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 505709

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 505709

File Name: tenable_ot_siemens_CVE-2026-22979.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 7/27/2026

Updated: 7/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.64

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-22979

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-22979

CWE: 772