# Unquoted search path in Siemens SIMATIC Automation Tool and others

CVE record · `CVE-2020-7580`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2020-7580`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** siemens
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-428](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/428.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-428](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-428.md)
- **Technologies:** [Siemens SIMATIC Automation Tool](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-automation-tool.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC NET PC Software V14](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-net-pc-software-v14.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC NET PC Software V15](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-net-pc-software-v15.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC NET PC Software V16](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-net-pc-software-v16.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC PCS neo](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-pcs-neo.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC ProSave](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-prosave.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-s7-1500-software-controller.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V13](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-step-7-tia-portal-v13.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V14](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-step-7-tia-portal-v14.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V15](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-step-7-tia-portal-v15.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V16](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-step-7-tia-portal-v16.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 V5](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-step-7-v5.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.16](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-wincc-oa-v3-16.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.17](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-wincc-oa-v3-17.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-wincc-runtime-advanced.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V13](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-wincc-runtime-professional-v13.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V14](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-wincc-runtime-professional-v14.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V15](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-wincc-runtime-professional-v15.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V16](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-wincc-runtime-professional-v16.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC WinCC V7.4](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-wincc-v7-4.md)
- **Published:** 10 Jun 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: siemens) at 10 Jun 2020, 00:00 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

- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC Automation Tool.
  - affected: `All versions < V4 SP2`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC NET PC Software V14.
  - affected: `All versions < V14 SP1 Update 14`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC NET PC Software V15.
  - affected: `All versions`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC NET PC Software V16.
  - affected: `All versions < V16 Upd3`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC PCS neo.
  - affected: `All versions < V3.0 SP1`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ProSave.
  - affected: `All versions < V17`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller.
  - affected: `All versions < V21.8`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V13.
  - affected: `All versions < V13 SP2 Update 4`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V14.
  - affected: `All versions < V14 SP1 Update 10`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V15.
  - affected: `All versions < V15.1 Update 5`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V16.
  - affected: `All versions < V16 Update 2`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC STEP 7 V5.
  - affected: `All versions < V5.6 SP2 HF3`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.16.
  - affected: `All versions < V3.16 P018`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.17.
  - affected: `All versions < V3.17 P003`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced.
  - affected: `All versions < V16 Update 2`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V13.
  - affected: `All versions < V13 SP2 Update 4`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V14.
  - affected: `All versions < V14 SP1 Update 10`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V15.
  - affected: `All versions < V15.1 Update 5`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V16.
  - affected: `All versions < V16 Update 2`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC WinCC V7.4.
  - affected: `All versions < V7.4 SP1 Update 14`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC WinCC V7.5.
  - affected: `All versions < V7.5 SP1 Update 3`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SINAMICS STARTER.
  - affected: `All Versions < V5.4 HF2`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SINAMICS Startdrive.
  - affected: `All Versions < V16 Update 3`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SINEC NMS.
  - affected: `All versions < V1.0 SP2`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SINEMA Server.
  - affected: `All versions < V14 SP3`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SINUMERIK ONE virtual.
  - affected: `All Versions < V6.14`
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SINUMERIK Operate.
  - affected: `All Versions < V6.14`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0046, the 40th percentile, on 5 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 10 Jun 2020. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2020-7580](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7580)
- [NVD: CVE-2020-7580](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7580)

### References from the CNA

- <https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-312271.pdf>
- <https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-161-04>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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