7.2

CVE-2024-2617: hitachi energy rtu500 series cmu firmware

CVSS: 7.2v3.1HighDeferred
Published 30-04-2024Last modified 04-03-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-2617 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in hitachi energy rtu500 series cmu firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.66%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 30-04-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-03-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability exists in the RTU500 that allows for authenticated and authorized users to bypass secure update, if secure update feature was not enabled on all CMUs of a RTU500. If a malicious actor successfully exploits this vulnerability, they could use it to update the RTU500 with unsigned firmware.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.66%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

51%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.67% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.66%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Hitachi energy1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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