# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2020-6998"
idYear: 2020
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2022-07-27T20:18:00.000Z"
updatedAt: "2025-04-17T15:51:02.651Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:21.187Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2020-6998"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2020-6998.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6998"
title: "Rockwell Automation CompactLogix 5370 and ControlLogix 5570 Controllers Improper Input Validation"
summary: "The connection establishment algorithm found in Rockwell Automation CompactLogix 5370 and ControlLogix 5570 versions 33 and prior does not sufficiently manage its control flow during execution, creating an infinite loop. This may allow an attacker to send specially crafted CIP packet requests to a controller, which may cause denial-of-service conditions in communications with other products."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"unspecified","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"versions 33 and prior"}],"vendor":"Rockwell Automation","product":"Armor Compact GuardLogix 5370 controllers"},{"versions":[{"version":"unspecified","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"versions 33 and prior"}],"vendor":"Rockwell Automation","product":"Armor GuardLogix Safety Controllers"},{"versions":[{"version":"unspecified","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"versions 33 and prior"}],"vendor":"Rockwell Automation","product":"CompactLogix 5370 L1 controllers"},{"versions":[{"version":"unspecified","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"versions 33 and prior"}],"vendor":"Rockwell Automation","product":"CompactLogix 5370 L2 controllers"},{"versions":[{"version":"unspecified","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"versions 33 and prior"}],"vendor":"Rockwell Automation","product":"CompactLogix 5370 L3 controllers"},{"versions":[{"version":"unspecified","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"versions 33 and prior"}],"vendor":"Rockwell Automation","product":"Compact GuardLogix 5370 controllers"},{"versions":[{"version":"unspecified","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"versions 33 and prior"}],"vendor":"Rockwell Automation","product":"ControlLogix 5570 controllers"}]

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