Insyde BIOS Vulnerabilities in RUGGEDCOM APE1808 Product Family
Act Now8.2SSA-957369Sep 12, 2023
Attack VectorLocal
Auth RequiredHigh
ComplexityLow
User InteractionNone needed
Summary
Insyde BIOS vulnerabilities (CWE-200, CWE-124, CWE-120, CWE-367, CWE-125, CWE-119, CWE-787, CWE-20, CWE-401, CWE-358, CWE-256) affect RUGGEDCOM APE1808 product family across all variants and configurations. These vulnerabilities allow information disclosure, memory corruption, and buffer overflow attacks through local access with elevated privileges. Affected are ADM, CKP, CLOUDCONNECT, ELAN, SAM-L, CLA-P, CLA-S1, CLA-S3, CLA-S5, LNX, and W10 variants, all BIOS versions prior to V1.0.212N.
What this means
What could happen
An attacker with local access and engineering/administrative privileges could execute arbitrary code at the BIOS level, potentially compromising the integrity of the industrial gateway device and any networks it connects. This could allow unauthorized modification of network traffic, firmware tampering, or persistence mechanisms that survive OS resets.
Who's at risk
Water authorities, utilities, and industrial facilities using Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 industrial gateways or edge routers across all variants (ADM, CKP, CLOUDCONNECT, ELAN, SAM-L, CLA series, LNX, W10 with or without CloudConnect capability) should prioritize this. The device typically handles critical network connectivity between operational technology networks and corporate or remote management systems.
How it could be exploited
An attacker with physical or remote access to the device console and valid administrative credentials could exploit memory corruption or buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the Insyde BIOS to execute arbitrary BIOS-level code, bypassing OS-level security controls.
Prerequisites
- Local or console access to the RUGGEDCOM APE1808 device
- Valid administrative or engineering account credentials
- BIOS version prior to V1.0.212N installed
High EPSS score (88.5%)Local administrative access required but privilege escalation possibleAffects BIOS layer enabling persistent compromiseMultiple memory safety vulnerabilitiesWide range of product variants affectedRequires maintenance window for BIOS update
Exploitability
High exploit probability (EPSS 88.5%)
Affected products (22)
22 pending
ProductAffected VersionsFix Status
RUGGEDCOM APE1808 ADMAll BIOS versions < V1.0.212NNo fix yet
RUGGEDCOM APE1808 ADM CCAll BIOS versions < V1.0.212NNo fix yet
RUGGEDCOM APE1808 CKPAll BIOS versions < V1.0.212NNo fix yet
RUGGEDCOM APE1808 CKP CCAll BIOS versions < V1.0.212NNo fix yet
RUGGEDCOM APE1808 CLOUDCONNECTAll BIOS versions < V1.0.212NNo fix yet
Remediation & Mitigation
0/4
Do now
0/2HARDENINGRestrict physical and console access to RUGGEDCOM APE1808 devices to authorized engineering staff only
HARDENINGAudit access logs and monitor for unauthorized console or administrative login attempts on RUGGEDCOM APE1808 devices
Schedule — requires maintenance window
0/1Patching may require device reboot — plan for process interruption
HOTFIXUpdate RUGGEDCOM APE1808 BIOS to version V1.0.212N or later
Long-term hardening
0/1HARDENINGImplement strong password policies and multi-factor authentication for administrative/engineering accounts
CVEs (23)
CVE-2017-5715CVE-2021-38578CVE-2022-24350CVE-2022-24351CVE-2022-27405CVE-2022-29275CVE-2022-30283CVE-2022-30772CVE-2022-32469CVE-2022-32470CVE-2022-32471CVE-2022-32475CVE-2022-32477CVE-2022-32953CVE-2022-32954CVE-2022-35893CVE-2022-35894CVE-2022-35895CVE-2022-35896CVE-2022-36338CVE-2023-24932CVE-2023-27373CVE-2023-31041
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