CVE-2022-23401

Code execution via planted DLL search order

Published Mar 11, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024

Uncontrolled DLL loading in affected Yokogawa Electric Corporation CENTUM and Exaopc releases allows attackers to execute code via a planted library. The vendor identifies the affected locus only as CENTUM and Exaopc DLL search-order handling; no executable, function, filename, or searched directory is disclosed. Reachability is adjacent-network and unauthenticated in Yokogawa's assessment, and a loaded library gains the affected process's data and execution rights.

CVSS severity8.3
High
EPSS probability0.22%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Uncontrolled DLL loading in affected Yokogawa Electric Corporation CENTUM and Exaopc releases allows attackers to execute code via a planted library. The vendor identifies the affected locus only as CENTUM and Exaopc DLL search-order handling; no executable, function, filename, or searched directory is disclosed. Reachability is adjacent-network and unauthenticated in Yokogawa's assessment, and a loaded library gains the affected process's data and execution rights.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-23401
Published
Mar 11, 2022
Updated
Aug 3, 2024
Vendor
Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Product
Exaopc
Classifications
CWE-427, T1574.001
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 11, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=versions from R3.72.00 to R3.79.00

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Yokogawa Electric Corporation · Exaopcversion=versions from R3.72.00 to R3.79.00
Yokogawa Electric Corporation · CENTUM CS 3000version=versions from R3.08.10 to R3.09.00
Yokogawa Electric Corporation · CENTUM VPversion=versions from R4.01.00 to R4.03.00; version=versions from R5.01.00 to R5.04.20; version=versions from R6.01.00 to R6.08.00

Published CVSS scores

8.3Yokogawa Electric CorporationCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.7NIST NVDAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path Element
T1574.001Hijack Execution Flow: DLL

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