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CVE record · CVE-2020-6998

Rockwell Automation CompactLogix 5370 and ControlLogix 5570 Controllers Improper Input Validation

CVSS 5.8 MediumEPSS 0.032 · 88th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: icscert) at 27 Jul 2022, 20:18 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Rockwell Automation Armor Compact GuardLogix 5370 controllers
  • affected unspecified to versions 33 and prior, inclusive custom
Rockwell Automation Armor GuardLogix Safety Controllers
  • affected unspecified to versions 33 and prior, inclusive custom
Rockwell Automation CompactLogix 5370 L1 controllers
  • affected unspecified to versions 33 and prior, inclusive custom
Rockwell Automation CompactLogix 5370 L2 controllers
  • affected unspecified to versions 33 and prior, inclusive custom
Rockwell Automation CompactLogix 5370 L3 controllers
  • affected unspecified to versions 33 and prior, inclusive custom
Rockwell Automation Compact GuardLogix 5370 controllers
  • affected unspecified to versions 33 and prior, inclusive custom
Rockwell Automation ControlLogix 5570 controllers
  • affected unspecified to versions 33 and prior, inclusive custom
Identifiers
CVE-2020-6998
CNA
icscert
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-20
Tags
Published
27 Jul 2022
Updated
17 Apr 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
5.8 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L CNA (icscert)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.032, the 88th percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 27 Jul 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

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