CVE-2026-85479 PUBLISHED

Grid Protection Alliance openPDC and openHistorian Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Assigner: icscert
Reserved: 05.10.2026 Published: 09.10.2026 Updated: 09.10.2026

The STTP-based data publisher on openPDC accepts network connections without authentication in its default configuration. An unauthenticated network attacker can connect to this interface and exchange data with it.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.9

Product Status

Vendor Grid Protection Alliance
Product openPDC
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.9.477 (excl.)
  • affected from 0 to 2.9.482 (excl.)
  • Version 2.9.482 is unaffected
Vendor Grid Protection Alliance
Product openPDC (Docker image)
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.9.477 (excl.)
  • affected from 0 to 2.9.482 (excl.)
Vendor Grid Protection Alliance
Product openHistorian
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.8.580 (excl.)
  • affected from 0 to 2.8.585 (excl.)
  • Version 2.8.585 is unaffected

Workarounds

Grid Protection Alliance does not recommend production use of published Docker images in any case. The fix for this vulnerability has not been published to the Docker image.

Solutions

Grid Protection Alliance updated the default configuration to bind this interface to the local loopback address only. This change applies to new installations; existing installations upgraded from an earlier version retain their prior configuration and will not receive the new default automatically. Operators should verify their configuration explicitly and update the interface binding if it is still set to accept connections on all interfaces.

Credits

  • Shubham Raj (Cipher) of Causal Security reported this vulnerability to CISA. finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-306 CWE