serial-to-IP converters

OT Security | Vulnerability Research

BRIDGE:BREAK Exposes 22 Flaws in Lantronix and Silex Serial-to-IP Converters—A Wake-Up Call for OT Lateral Movement and Process Tampering
ByInnoVirtuoso April 30, 2026

What if a $200 serial-to-Ethernet adapter could silently rewrite your process data, pivot into Level 2 networks, and set the stage for ransomware? That’s the uncomfortable scenario raised by BRIDGE:BREAK—a new vulnerability report that spotlights 22 weaknesses in widely used Lantronix and Silex serial-to-IP converters. These tiny “bridges” sit between legacy RS-232/RS-485 devices and IP…

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OT/ICS Security | Vulnerabilities

BRIDGE:BREAK Exposes 20,000+ Lantronix & Silex Serial-to-IP Gateways — 22 Critical Flaws Open the Door to Takeovers and OT Disruption
ByInnoVirtuoso April 30, 2026

If you think the softest target in your industrial network is a Windows HMI panel, think again. Researchers just dropped 22 vulnerabilities—collectively dubbed BRIDGE:BREAK—hitting Lantronix and Silex serial-to-IP converters, the small, unassuming boxes that quietly ferry data between legacy OT gear and modern IP networks. Nearly 20,000 of these devices are sitting on the open…

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