CVE-2022-29959

Emerson OpenBSI through 2022-04-29 mishandles credential storage. It is an engineering environment for the ControlWave and Bristol Babcock line of RTUs. This environment provides access control functionality through user authentication and privilege management. The credentials for various users are stored insecurely in the SecUsers.ini file by using a simple string transformation rather than a cryptographic mechanism.

Published: 2022-08-16 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-29959 is rated Low Risk (32.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.11%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-29959

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-08-17 0.04% 0.11% +0.07%
2 2025-08-11 0.05% 0.04% -0.01%
3 2025-06-12 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-29959

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-29959

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-29959

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
emerson openbsi < 5.9 cpe:2.3:a:emerson:openbsi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emerson openbsi 5.9 cpe:2.3:a:emerson:openbsi:5.9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
emerson openbsi 5.9 cpe:2.3:a:emerson:openbsi:5.9:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
emerson openbsi 5.9 cpe:2.3:a:emerson:openbsi:5.9:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
emerson openbsi 5.9 cpe:2.3:a:emerson:openbsi:5.9:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-29959

URL Tags
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-221-03 Mitigation Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://www.forescout.com/blog/ Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence