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Siemens LOGO! Soft Comfort: 2 CVEs, Medium 6.8

Medium 6.8 Oil & gas relevant ICSA-26-225-13 · Published Aug 13, 2026

Summary

CISA reports 2 vulnerabilities in Siemens LOGO! Soft Comfort. Weakness types: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key, Use of a One-Way Hash without a Salt. Siemens LOGO! Soft Comfort contains multiple vulnerabilities in its project-file encryption and password handling mechanisms. A local attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to extract the master key, allowing them to decrypt project data or remove project passwords. Highest CVSS v3 score: 6.8 (Medium), not remotely exploitable per its CVSS vector.

What to do: Plan: Update to V9 or later version Note: A hardware upgrade to LOGO! V9 BM or later is also required to avoid compatibility mode, in which the vulnerabilities addressed by this advisory remain present.
Why this matters for oil & gas: Siemens (SIMATIC S7, PCS 7, WinCC, RUGGEDCOM) is widely used in process plants and pipelines.

At a glance

Vendor
Siemens
Products
LOGO! Soft Comfort
CVEs
CVE-2026-57262, CVE-2026-57263
Highest CVSS v3
6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Highest CVSS v4
–
Known exploited (KEV)
No CVE from this advisory is on the KEV list as of the last refresh
Sectors (per CISA)
Commercial Facilities, Transportation Systems
Deployed
Worldwide
Vendor HQ
Germany

Vulnerabilities

CVEWeaknessCVSS v3CVSS v4KEVDescription (from advisory)
CVE-2026-57262Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key6.8–NoCVE-2026-57262
CVE-2026-57263Use of a One-Way Hash without a Salt6.8–NoCVE-2026-57263

Affected products (1)

Vendor fixes and mitigations (from advisory)

Also apply CISA's standard ICS practices: minimize network exposure, keep control networks behind firewalls and isolated from business networks, and use up-to-date secure remote access.

Sources

This page is generated automatically from the CISA advisory text. It is not a substitute for the vendor's guidance; verify affected versions and fixes at the source before making changes to control systems.

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