CVE•Published 2020-09-09•Modified 2026-06-02•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2020-15786Siemens · Simatic_hmi_basic_panels_2nd_generation_firmware
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
62
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 38% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Basic Panels 2nd Generation (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V16), SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions <= V16), SIMATIC HMI Mobile Panels (All versions <= V16), SIMATIC HMI Unified Comfort Panels (All versions <= V16). Affected devices insufficiently block excessive authentication attempts. This could allow a remote attacker to discover user passwords and obtain access to the Sm@rt Server via a brute-force attack.
Timeline
Published 2020-09-09
Modified 2026-06-02
External references
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vuln:CVE-2020-15786Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · OS
os:"Simatic Hmi Basic Panels 2nd Generation Firmware"Hosts Shodan identified as running Simatic Hmi Basic Panels 2nd Generation Firmware.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2020-15786Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
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CVE-2020-15786Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
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Google dork
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Known PoCs on GitHub
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