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Two CVSS 10.0 Bugs in Red Lion RTUs Could Hand Hackers Full Industrial Control

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()2 min read1 · 1 read
Analyze CVE-2023-40151 with Vani AIImpact, affected versions, exploitation, mitigations and detection

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2023-40151
+1 related CVE
When user authentication is not enabled the shell can execute commands with the highest privileges
9.81%

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 Ravie Lakshmanan  Oct 15, 2025 Vulnerability / Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two critical security flaws impacting Red Lion Sixne t remote terminal unit (RTU) products that, if successfully exploited, could result in code execution with the highest privileges. The shortcomings, tracked as CVE-2023-40151 and CVE-2023-42770 , are both rated 10. 0 on the CVSS scoring system.

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