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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Network-exposed unauthenticated endpoint with no preconditions; impact is limited to log-configuration integrity with no confidentiality or availability consequence.
Primary rating from Vendor (CyberDanube).
CVSS VectorVendor: CyberDanube
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1DescriptionCVE.org
The HTTP server component of ANDRITZ HIPASE-250 (formerly 250 SCALA) in affected versions exposes an undocumented endpoint that changes the server's logging level and target without requiring authentication. A remote, unauthenticated attacker with network access to the service may suppress audit logging, potentially concealing other activity on the system.
AnalysisAI
Remote unauthenticated access to an undocumented HTTP endpoint in ANDRITZ HIPASE-250 (formerly 250 SCALA) allows attackers to silently modify the system's audit logging level and destination without credentials. Rooted in CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Function), this flaw is particularly dangerous in industrial control system contexts where log integrity underpins incident detection and forensic capability - suppressing logs is a classic defense-evasion precursor enabling follow-on attacks to go unrecorded. No active exploitation (CISA KEV) and no public exploit code have been identified at time of analysis, but the trivial attack complexity (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) means any attacker with network reachability can exploit this without tooling.
Technical ContextAI
ANDRITZ HIPASE-250 is an industrial automation and process control platform marketed under both the HIPASE-250 and predecessor 250 SCALA product names, targeting OT/ICS environments such as hydropower and industrial plant control. The affected component is the embedded HTTP server within the device firmware. CPE entries cpe:2.3:a:andritz:hipase-250:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* and cpe:2.3:a:andritz:250_scala:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* use wildcards across all version fields, indicating no version of either product line has been cleared. CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Function) identifies the root cause: an administrative function - modifying runtime audit logging configuration - is reachable via an undocumented HTTP endpoint with no authentication gate. Undocumented endpoints are a known anti-pattern in embedded OT device development, where diagnostic or development routes are introduced during firmware development and never removed or secured before production shipment. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by CyberDanube, a research group with a track record in ICS device security.
RemediationAI
Contact ANDRITZ directly via https://www.andritz.com/ to obtain a patched firmware release, as no specific fixed version was identified in the available data; the reference points only to the vendor homepage rather than a dedicated security advisory. As the most effective immediate compensating control, restrict network access to the HIPASE-250 HTTP service using firewall ACLs or network segmentation, permitting connections only from explicitly authorized management hosts - this directly mitigates the AV:N attack vector and is actionable without vendor involvement. If the embedded HTTP server supports interface binding, configure it to listen only on a dedicated management interface isolated from broader plant or corporate networks. Deploy the device within a dedicated OT network segment separated from IT networks by a unidirectional gateway or industrial firewall; note this control does not protect against insider threats or attackers who have already achieved lateral movement to the OT segment. Implement out-of-band log aggregation at the network or SIEM layer so that log integrity can be monitored independently of the device's own logging subsystem - using the device's own logs as the sole tamper-detection mechanism is insufficient after this flaw is exploited.
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EUVD-2026-51501
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