Powerflex 6000t FirmwareOperating system · Rockwellautomation

CVE-2024-9124

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-10-08
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation PowerFlex® 600T. If the device is overloaded with requests, it will become unavailable. The device may require a power cycle to recover it if it does not re-establish a connection after it stops receiving requests.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

A denial-of-service vulnerability in the Rockwell Automation PowerFlex 600T allows attackers to render the device unavailable by overwhelming it with excessive requests, causing resource exhaustion that may necessitate a power cycle for recovery.

MitigationImplement network segmentation and rate-limiting on the industrial network to restrict excessive incoming traffic to the device; monitor for availability issues and plan for firmware updates once Rockwell releases a patch.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Powerflex 6000t FirmwareOperating system
Affected:= 8.001= 8.002= 9.001

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Confirm PowerFlex 6000T model
    Access the device web interface, PLC programming software (Studio 5000), or check the physical device nameplate to verify the exact model number is PowerFlex 6000T
    Affected if The device model is PowerFlex 6000T
  2. Check firmware version
    Access the device web interface, use RSLinx Classic or FactoryTalk Linx to connect and read the firmware version, or check via the device built-in web server under the Firmware or About section
    Affected if The firmware version equals 8.001, 8.002, or 9.001
  3. Verify network accessibility
    Ping the device IP address and verify Ethernet/IP port 44818 is responding using network diagnostic tools or industrial protocol scanners
    Affected if The device has an active IP address and accepts network requests
  4. Assess network exposure
    Review network segmentation, firewall rules, and access control lists to determine if the device can receive excessive requests from untrusted network segments
    Affected if The device is directly accessible from network segments without rate-limiting or access restrictions

A user is affected if they have a PowerFlex 6000T with firmware version 8.001, 8.002, or 9.001 that is network-accessible and potentially exposed to excessive inbound traffic

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement network segmentation and rate-limiting on the industrial network to restrict excessive incoming traffic to the device; monitor for availability issues and plan for firmware updates once Rockwell releases a patch.

Fix this in Powerflex 6000t Firmware Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation8.0 h
  • Implementation12.0 h
  • Testing8.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
32.0 hours of engineering $5,680
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