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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2020-8476" idYear: 2020 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2020-04-29T00:00:00.000Z" updatedAt: "2024-08-04T10:03:45.851Z" 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-2020-8476" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2020-8476.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8476" title: "ABB Central Licensing System - Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability" summary: "For the Central Licensing Server component used in ABB products ABB Ability™ System 800xA and related system extensions versions 5.1, 6.0 and 6.1, Compact HMI versions 5.1 and 6.0, Control Builder Safe 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0, Symphony Plus -S+ Operations 3.0 to 3.2 Symphony Plus -S+ Engineering 1.1 to 2.2, Composer Harmony 5.1, 6.0 and 6.1, Melody Composer 5.3, 6.1/6.2 and SPE for Melody 1.0SPx (Composer 6.3), Harmony OPC Server (HAOPC) Standalone 6.0, 6.1 and 7.0, ABB Ability™ System 800xA/ Advant® OCS Control Builder A 1.3 and 1.4, Advant® OCS AC100 OPC Server 5.1, 6.0 and 6.1, Composer CTK 6.1 and 6.2, AdvaBuild 3.7 SP1 and SP2, OPCServer for MOD 300 (non-800xA) 1.4, OPC Data Link 2.1 and 2.2, Knowledge Manager 8.0, 9.0 and 9.1, Manufacturing Operations Management 1812 and 1909, ABB AbilityTM SCADAvantage versions 5.1 to 5.6.5, a weakness in validation of input exists that allows an attacker to alter licenses assigned to the system nodes by sending specially crafted messages to the CLS web service." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"5.1","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"5*"}],"vendor":"ABB","product":"Central Licensing System"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"6.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"6.1","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"ABB","product":"ABB Ability System 800xA"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"6.0","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"ABB","product":"Compact HMI"},{"versions":[{"version":"1.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"1.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"2.0","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"ABB","product":"Control Builder Safe"},{"versions":[{"version":"3","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"3.2"}],"vendor":"ABB","product":"Symphony Plus S+ Operations"},{"versions":[{"version":"1.1","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"2.2"}],"vendor":"ABB","product":"Symphony Plus S+ Engineering"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"6.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"6.1","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"ABB","product":"Composer Harmony"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.3","status":"affected"},{"version":"6","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"6.3"}],"vendor":"ABB","product":"Composer Melody"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"6.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.0","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"ABB","product":"Harmony OPC Server Standalone"},{"versions":[{"version":"1.3","status":"affected"},{"version":"1.4","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"ABB","product":"Advant OCS Control Builder A"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"6.2","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"ABB","product":"Composer CTK"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.7 SP1","status":"affected"},{"version":"3.7 SP2","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"ABB","product":"AdvaBuild"},{"versions":[{"version":"1.4","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"ABB","product":"OPC Server for Mod 300 (non-800xA)"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"2.2","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"ABB","product":"OPC Data Link"},{"versions":[{"version":"8.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"9.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"9.1","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"ABB","product":"Knowledge Manager"},{"versions":[{"version":"1812","status":"affected"},{"version":"1909","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"ABB","product":"Manufacturing Operations Management"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"6.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"6.1","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"ABB","product":"Advant OCS AC 100 OPS Server"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.1","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"unspecified"},{"version":"unspecified","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"5.6.5"}],"vendor":"ABB","product":"ABB Ability™ SCADAvantage"}] ## 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