7.5

CVE-2024-46891: siemens sinec_ins Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 12-11-2024Last modified 12-11-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-46891 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in siemens sinec_ins. EPSS estimates a 0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.52%
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. 12-11-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 12-11-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC INS (All versions < V1.0 SP2 Update 3). The affected application does not properly restrict the size of generated log files. This could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger a large amount of logged events to exhaust the system's resources and create a denial of service condition.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.52%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

43%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.52% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.52%

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

Siemens1 product
  • sinec_ins< V1.0 SP2 Update 3 | ≤ 1.0 | 1.0:sp1 | 1.0:sp2 | 1.0:sp2_update_1 | 1.0:sp2_update_2

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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