Denial of Service Vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Products

CVE-2024-8626

Summary

A denial-of-service vulnerability caused by a memory leak exists in certain products from Rockwell Automation. This vulnerability can be exploited by a malicious actor performing multiple operations on designated web pages within the affected products. The exploitation of this vulnerability renders the systems fully unavailable, necessitating a power cycle to return to regular operational status. This poses significant risks to reliability and operational continuity in environments reliant on these automation solutions.

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