CVE-2022-29959

Emerson OpenBSI through 2022-04-29 mishandles credential storage. It is an engineering environment for the ControlWave and Bristol Babcock line of RTUs. This environment provides access control functionality through user authentication and privilege management. The credentials for various users are stored insecurely in the SecUsers.ini file by using a simple string transformation rather than a cryptographic mechanism.

• CWE-522

• https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-221-03Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• https://www.forescout.com/blog/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-221-03Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• https://www.forescout.com/blog/Third Party Advisory

Published

Aug 16, 2022

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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