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ICSA-25-077-02  ·  Published 2025-03-18  ·  View on CISA ICS-CERT ↗

Rockwell Automation Lifecycle Services with VMware

CVSS 9.3 CRITICAL CISA KEV — Known Exploited

Risk Summary

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker with local administrative privileges to execute code.

Remediations

  • Rockwell Automation will contact impacted users to discuss actions needed for remediation efforts.
  • Users without Rockwell Automation managed services contract, refer to Broadcom's advisories below:
  • Support Content Notification - Support Portal - Broadcom support portal
  • https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/8-0/release-notes/esxi-update-and-patch-release-notes/vsphere-esxi-80u3d-release-notes.html
  • https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/8-0/release-notes/esxi-update-and-patch-release-notes/vsphere-esxi-80u2d-release-notes.html
  • https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/7-0/release-notes/esxi-update-and-patch-release-notes/vsphere-esxi-70u3s-release-notes.html
  • Additionally, users using the affected software, who are not able to upgrade to one of the corrected versions, are encouraged to apply security best practices, where possible.
  • Security Best Practices

Affected Vendors

Rockwell Automation

Affected Products (5)

Rockwell Automation · Industrial Data Center (IDC) with VMware >=Generations_1|<=4
Rockwell Automation · VersaVirtual Appliance (VVA) with VMware Series_A_and_B
Rockwell Automation · Threat Detection Managed Services (TDMS) with VMware vers:all/*
Rockwell Automation · Endpoint Protection Service with RA Proxy & VMware only vers:all/*
Rockwell Automation · Engineered and Integrated Solutions with VMware vers:all/*

Affected Sectors

Critical Manufacturing

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