An Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 prog…

Published 9 y ago 2017-06-30 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

9.8

v3.1 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

7.0%

percentile 94%

Public exploits

none known

An Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 programmable-logic controllers 1763-L16AWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1763-L16BBB, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1763-L16BWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; and 1763-L16DWD, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions and Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1400 programmable logic controllers 1766-L32AWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BWAA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BXB, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BXBA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; and 1766-L32AWAA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions. There are no penalties for repeatedly entering incorrect passwords.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 5 mo ago 2026-06-03

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

7.00% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CISA ADP	3.1	9.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
CNA	3.1	9.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	3.0	9.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	5.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`

Affected products

n/a Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 and 1400

Classification

Weakness

CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

securitytracker.com /id/1038546 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
ics-cert.us-cert.gov /advisories/ICSA-17-115-04 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-7898
NVD: CVE-2017-7898

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Summary