CVE-2024-45482

Authenticated command execution via unintended SSH functionality

Published Mar 25, 2025 · Updated Mar 25, 2025

Untrusted functionality in the SSH server in B&R APROL before 4.4-00P1 allows local users to execute commands via trusted remote servers. The server includes unintended functionality through that trust relationship, but B&R has not disclosed the responsible command path or validation failure. Authenticated local access and a trusted remote server are required; successful exploitation elevates privileges and executes malicious commands.

CVSS severity8.5
High
EPSS probability0.15%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Untrusted functionality in the SSH server in B&R APROL before 4.4-00P1 allows local users to execute commands via trusted remote servers. The server includes unintended functionality through that trust relationship, but B&R has not disclosed the responsible command path or validation failure. Authenticated local access and a trusted remote server are required; successful exploitation elevates privileges and executes malicious commands.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-45482
Published
Mar 25, 2025
Updated
Mar 25, 2025
Vendor
B&R Industrial Automation
Product
APROL
Classifications
CWE-829, T1021.004
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 25, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=R4.4 <4.4-00P1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

B&R Industrial Automation · APROLversion=R4.4 <4.4-00P1

Published CVSS scores

7.2B&R Industrial AutomationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
8.5B&R Industrial AutomationCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.8B&R Industrial AutomationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-829Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
T1021.004Remote Services: SSH

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