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Hitachi Energy REB500: 2 CVEs, Medium 6.5

Medium 6.5 Oil & gas relevant ICSA-26-279-05 · Published Oct 6, 2026

Summary

CISA reports 2 vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy REB500. Weakness types: Uncontrolled Recursion, Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. Hitachi Energy is aware of open-source software vulnerabilities that affect REB500 product versions listed in this document. These vulnerabilities can be exploited to carry out Denial of Service (DoS) attack on the product. Highest CVSS v3 score: 6.5 (Medium), exploitable over the network.

What to do: Plan: Update to version 8.3.4.0
Why this matters for oil & gas: Hitachi Energy (RTUs, MicroSCADA, substation/pipeline power) supplies oil & gas electrical infrastructure.

At a glance

Vendor
Hitachi Energy
Products
REB500
CVEs
CVE-2024-8176, CVE-2025-59375
Highest CVSS v3
6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Highest CVSS v4
–
Known exploited (KEV)
No CVE from this advisory is on the KEV list as of the last refresh
Sectors (per CISA)
Energy
Deployed
Worldwide
Vendor HQ
Switzerland

Vulnerabilities

CVEWeaknessCVSS v3CVSS v4KEVDescription (from advisory)
CVE-2024-8176Uncontrolled Recursion6.5–NoCVE-2024-8176
CVE-2025-59375Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling6.5–NoCVE-2025-59375

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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