Information disclosure via hard-coded cryptographic key
Published Nov 24, 2022 · Updated Apr 25, 2025
Hard-coded cryptographic keys in Mitsubishi Electric GX Works3 1.000A and later allow remote attackers to disclose sensitive information. The software relies on a fixed cryptographic key to protect project and program data; Mitsubishi Electric has not disclosed the key's code location or recovery path. No authentication is required, and recovered information enables unauthorized viewing of project files and controller programs or execution of controller programs.
Summary
What happened
Hard-coded cryptographic keys in Mitsubishi Electric GX Works3 1.000A and later allow remote attackers to disclose sensitive information. The software relies on a fixed cryptographic key to protect project and program data; Mitsubishi Electric has not disclosed the key's code location or recovery path. No authentication is required, and recovered information enables unauthorized viewing of project files and controller programs or execution of controller programs.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-29828
- Published
- Nov 24, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 25, 2025
- Vendor
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Product
- GX Works3
- Classifications
- CWE-321, CWE-798, T0882
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 24, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=from 1.000A and later
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