CISA ICS Advisory: lwIP (Lightweight IP)
Here’s what this advisory affects, and what to do about it.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a system crash, a DoS, or memory corruption, which could lead to code execution on the victim system.
Remote code execution via memory corruption
The advisory states that successful exploitation of the flaw could result in a system crash, denial-of-service condition, or memory corruption, which could lead to arbitrary code execution on the affected system. The advisory does not say whether the vulnerability has been exploited in the wild.
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Affected products
The vulnerability resides in lwIP, an open-source lightweight TCP/IP stack widely used in embedded systems, industrial control systems, and medical devices. The advisory does not list specific version numbers or affected product lines from individual vendors.
What to do
- Determine whether any ICS, embedded, or medical devices in your environment use the lwIP stack
- Check with device vendors or maintainers for available patches addressing this lwIP vulnerability
- Apply vendor-supplied updates as soon as they become available
- Implement network segmentation and other compensating controls listed in the advisory where immediate patching is not possible
- Monitor vendor advisories and CISA’s ICS channel for updates on this issue
Organizations operating industrial control systems or safety-critical embedded devices should prioritize assessment of this advisory.
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