The CODESYS Key USB dongle, which is based on WIBU CodeMeter technology, is affected by a physical side-channel vulnerability.

The CODESYS web server component of the CODESYS Control runtime system is used by the CODESYS WebVisu to display visualization screens in a web browser. Receiving a specifically crafted TLS packet on an HTTPS connection causes the CODESYS web server to crash because the return value of an underlying function is not checked correctly for such unusual conditions.

Update: Further software update available

The OSCAT Basic library is one of several libraries developed and provided by OSCAT. OSCAT (oscat.de) stands for "Open Source Community for Automation Technology".

The OSCAT Basic library offers function blocks for various tasks, e.g. for buffer management, list processing, control technology, mathematics, string processing, time and date conversion. By adding the OSCAT Basic library into IEC 61131-3-compliant programming tools, PLC programmers can use all the functions provided by the library in their control programs.

Within the library, the MONTH_TO_STRING function is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Exploitation of the vulnerability may lead to limited access to internal data or possibly to a crash of the PLC.

The CODESYS OPC UA stack of the CODESYS Control runtime system may incorrectly calculate the required buffer size for received requests/responses. This can lead to a crash of the CODESYS runtime system during the subsequent initialization of the receive buffer with zero.

Update: 10.07.2024 In the Remediation section, the release date of the update has been deleted as the update is now available.

All legitimate local Microsoft Windows users can read or modify files that are located in the working directory of the affected CODESYS products, even if they are executed under a different user or in the system context.

Update: Remediation has been adjusted

Local attackers can cause affected CODESYS Development System V2.3 installations to crash or execute code by opening malicious project files.

The CODESYS Development System V2.3 is an IEC 61131-3 programming tool for the industrial controller and automation technology sector. It stores the program code for the controller and its configuration in project files (*.pro).

UPDATE 29.02.2024: Removed "This version is planned for January 2024." from Solution as the updated version is released.

On CODESYS Control runtimes running on Linux or QNX operating systems, successfully authenticated PLC programmers can utilize SysFile or CAA-File system libraries to inject calls to additional shell functions.

Several CODESYS setups contain and install vulnerable versions of the WIBU CodeMeter Runtime.