CVE-2023-4486

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Metasys and Facility Explorer

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 7, 2023 at 07:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:37 AM UTC
22 products affected across 1 vendorF4-snc FirmwareNAE55 FirmwareSnc25150-0 Firmware

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Under certain circumstances, invalid authentication credentials could be sent to the login endpoint of Johnson Controls Metasys NAE55, SNE, and SNC engines prior to versions 11.0.6 and 12.0.4 and Facility Explorer F4-SNC engines prior to versions 11.0.6 and 12.0.4 to cause denial-of-service.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 11.0.612.0.0 ≤ v < 12.0.4
Affected range stops below 11.0.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 12.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
johnsoncontrols-f4-snc (same device)
v < 12.0.4
Affected range stops below 12.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
johnsoncontrols-nae55 (same device)
v < 12.0.4
Affected range stops below 12.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
johnsoncontrols-snc16120-0 (same device)
v < 12.0.4
Affected range stops below 12.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
johnsoncontrols-snc16120-04 (same device)
v < 12.0.4
Affected range stops below 12.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
johnsoncontrols-snc25150-0 (same device)
v < 12.0.4
Affected range stops below 12.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
johnsoncontrols-snc25150-04 (same device)
v < 12.0.4
Affected range stops below 12.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
johnsoncontrols-sne10500 (same device)
v < 12.0.4
Affected range stops below 12.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
johnsoncontrols-sne11000 (same device)
v < 12.0.4
Affected range stops below 12.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
johnsoncontrols-sne110l0 (same device)
v < 12.0.4
Affected range stops below 12.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
johnsoncontrols-sne22000 (same device)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHjci
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400CWE-770

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