Rockwell Automation regularly releases firmware updates for its Stratix devices to address vulnerabilities introduced by the use of Cisco software. In fact, a majority of the security advisories released by the company for its Stratix products address flaws that exist in Cisco software.

The latest Stratix advisory released by Rockwell covers a total of 8 vulnerabilities affecting Stratix 5800 managed industrial Ethernet switches. One of the flaws, a privilege escalation issue related to the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP), impacts Stratix 8000, 8300, 5700, 5400 and 5410 switches as well.