CVE-2022-3156
Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Emulate Vulnerable to a Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Emulate software. Users are granted elevated permissions on certain product services when the software is installed. Due to this misconfiguration, a malicious user could potentially achieve remote code execution on the targeted software.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Emulate Vulnerable to a Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Emulate software. Users are granted elevated permissions on certain product services when the software is installed. Due to this misconfiguration, a malicious user could potentially achieve remote code execution on the targeted software.
- Record
CVE-2022-3156- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-42580
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Emulate software. Users are granted elevated permissions on certain product services when the software is installed. Due to this misconfiguration, a malicious user could potentially achieve remote code execution on the targeted software.
- Record
EUVD-2022-42580- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vh82-wv6w-hf86
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Emulate...
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Emulate software. Users are granted elevated permissions on certain product services when the software is installed. Due to this misconfiguration, a malicious user could potentially achieve remote code execution on the targeted software.
- Record
GHSA-vh82-wv6w-hf86- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Emulate software. Users are granted elevated permissions on certain product services when the software is installed. Due to this misconfiguration, a malicious user could potentially achieve remote code execution on the targeted software.
- Record
CVE-2022-3156- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-3156 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Emulate, published December 27, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.