Aveva Edge

CVE-2025-9317: Edge Password Hash Bypass via Local File Access
CVE-2025-9317 8.4 - High - November 14, 2025

The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow a miscreant with read access to Edge Project files or Edge Offline Cache files to reverse engineer Edge users' app-native or Active Directory passwords through computational brute-forcing of weak hashes.

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

AVEVA Edge connection string port scanning vulnerability
CVE-2021-42794 5.3 - Medium - December 16, 2023

An issue was discovered in AVEVA Edge (formerly InduSoft Web Studio) versions R2020 and prior. The application allows a client to provide a malicious connection string that could allow an adversary to port scan the LAN, depending on the hosts' responses.

Unauth Path Traversal in AVEVA Edge Enables Windows Token Theft
CVE-2021-42797 7.5 - High - December 16, 2023

Path traversal vulnerability in AVEVA Edge (formerly InduSoft Web Studio) versions R2020 and prior allows an unauthenticated user to steal the Windows access token of the user account configured for accessing external DB resources.

Directory traversal

CVE-2021-42796: AVEVA Edge ExecuteCommand UAC arbitrary command exec
CVE-2021-42796 9.8 - Critical - December 16, 2023

An issue was discovered in ExecuteCommand() in AVEVA Edge (formerly InduSoft Web Studio) versions R2020 and prior that allows unauthenticated arbitrary commands to be executed.

OS Authentic User can Delete System Files via External Control Vulnerability
CVE-2023-34982 7.1 - High - November 15, 2023

This external control vulnerability, if exploited, could allow a local OS-authenticated user with standard privileges to delete files with System privilege on the machine where these products are installed, resulting in denial of service.

Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere

Windows local OSauthenticated privilege escalation to SYSTEM
CVE-2023-33873 7.8 - High - November 15, 2023

This privilege escalation vulnerability, if exploited, cloud allow a local OS-authenticated user with standard privileges to escalate to System privilege on the machine where these products are installed, resulting in complete compromise of the target machine.

AVEVA Edge 20.0: RCE via crafted APP file (SP2)
CVE-2022-36970 7.8 - High - March 29, 2023

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of AVEVA Edge 20.0 Build: 4201.2111.1802.0000 Service Pack 2. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the processing of APP files. Crafted data in a APP file can cause the application to execute arbitrary Visual Basic scripts. The user interface fails to provide sufficient indication of the hazard. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of current process. Was ZDI-CAN-17370.

AVEVA Edge 2020 SP2 Patch 0 XXE in LoadImportedLibraries - Info Disclosure
CVE-2022-36969 7.1 - High - March 29, 2023

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of AVEVA Edge 2020 SP2 Patch 0(4201.2111.1802.0000). User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the LoadImportedLibraries method. Due to the improper restriction of XML External Entity (XXE) references, a crafted document specifying a URI causes the XML parser to access the URI and embed the contents back into the XML document for further processing. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose information in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-17394.

XXE

Remote Code Execution via APP Files before AVEVA Edge 2020 SP2 Patch 0
CVE-2022-28688 7.8 - High - March 29, 2023

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of AVEVA Edge 2020 SP2 Patch 0(4201.2111.1802.0000). User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of APP files. The process loads a library from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-17201.

DLL preloading

AVEVA Edge 2020 SP2.Patch0 APP file lib load RCE
CVE-2022-28687 7.8 - High - March 29, 2023

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of AVEVA Edge 2020 SP2 Patch 0(4201.2111.1802.0000). User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of APP files. The process loads a library from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-16257.

DLL preloading

AVEdge 2020 SP2 4201.2111.1802.0000: APP File Deserialization Remote Code Exec
CVE-2022-28685 7.8 - High - March 29, 2023

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of AVEVA Edge 2020 SP2 Patch 0(4201.2111.1802.0000). User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of APP files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-17212.

Marshaling, Unmarshaling

InduSoft Web Studio versions prior to 8.1 SP2, and InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine Edition) versions prior to 2017 SP2
CVE-2018-17914 9.8 - Critical - November 02, 2018

InduSoft Web Studio versions prior to 8.1 SP2, and InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine Edition) versions prior to 2017 SP2. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated user to remotely execute code with the same privileges as that of the InduSoft Web Studio or InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine Edition) runtime.

InduSoft Web Studio versions prior to 8.1 SP2, and InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine Edition) versions prior to 2017 SP2
CVE-2018-17914 9.8 - Critical - November 02, 2018

InduSoft Web Studio versions prior to 8.1 SP2, and InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine Edition) versions prior to 2017 SP2. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated user to remotely execute code with the same privileges as that of the InduSoft Web Studio or InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine Edition) runtime.

InduSoft Web Studio versions prior to 8.1 SP2, and InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine Edition) versions prior to 2017 SP2
CVE-2018-17916 9.8 - Critical - November 02, 2018

InduSoft Web Studio versions prior to 8.1 SP2, and InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine Edition) versions prior to 2017 SP2. A remote attacker could send a carefully crafted packet to exploit a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability during tag, alarm, or event related actions such as read and write, with potential for code to be executed. If InduSoft Web Studio remote communication security was not enabled, or a password was left blank, a remote user could send a carefully crafted packet to invoke an arbitrary process, with potential for code to be executed. The code would be executed under the privileges of the InduSoft Web Studio or InTouch Edge HMI runtime and could lead to a compromise of the InduSoft Web Studio or InTouch Edge HMI server machine.

Memory Corruption

InduSoft Web Studio versions prior to 8.1 SP2, and InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine Edition) versions prior to 2017 SP2
CVE-2018-17916 9.8 - Critical - November 02, 2018

InduSoft Web Studio versions prior to 8.1 SP2, and InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine Edition) versions prior to 2017 SP2. A remote attacker could send a carefully crafted packet to exploit a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability during tag, alarm, or event related actions such as read and write, with potential for code to be executed. If InduSoft Web Studio remote communication security was not enabled, or a password was left blank, a remote user could send a carefully crafted packet to invoke an arbitrary process, with potential for code to be executed. The code would be executed under the privileges of the InduSoft Web Studio or InTouch Edge HMI runtime and could lead to a compromise of the InduSoft Web Studio or InTouch Edge HMI server machine.

Memory Corruption