IMPORTANT_INFORMATION

#2416 Multiclient (CDS-70662): A login of a second instance of CoDeSys on the same application must
be avoided
From now on, only one programming system can log in to an application. The second login from a
programming system to the same application is refused with the client information of the client that is
currently logged in

#2409 Modbus TCP Master 3.5.16.0 causes high system load:

On some targets (e.g. XV100) newer versions of the Modbus TCP Master causes high system loads.
Workaround: revert to the older version 3.5.14 of the Modbus TCP Master device until this issue is fixed.

#2342 CodeMeter (CDS-72739): Update to current version 7.10a

For more details see Advisory 2020-06, which is available on the CODESYS website:
https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?
eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=13245&token=12e702eb28edb2de082dc2f5e1375bea35c2fd1d&download =

#2264 Remove XV400 Targets from Setup and include as Package

It is recommended to use previous XSOFT-Versions to program XV400 Targets. An actual 3.5.16 version
is available as separate package

#2416 Windows 7 not supported anymore

The versions maintained by Micorsoft are supported: Windows 8/10 (32/64 Bit)

#2328 NetVar Rx not working if NetVar Task is Buscycle Task and Modbus_COM is in project

Workarounds:
Delete Modbus_COM from configuration
Change BusCycleTask or change network variables RX Task (different task)

COMPATIBILITY_INFORMATION

CDS-72315 ResetOriginDevice: Should be configurable

[[COMPATIBILITY_INFORMATION]]
The reset origin device can now be configured to keep dedicated objects during the reset. If the reset
origin device is triggered by an old client (e.g. a CODESYS IDE <= V3.5.16.0) all objects for which the
current user has the needed rights will be deleted.
This behaviour does already apply for the UserManagement since V3.5.12.0 (only if an administrator
executes the reset origin device, the user management is deleted) and is now extended for all new options
(e.g. certificates).

CDS-72930 CODESYS Control for Linux (and ARM) SL: update wibu codemeter package to 7.10a
[[GENERAL]]
For more details see Advisory 2020-06, which is available on the CODESYS website:
https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?
eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=13245&token=12e702eb28edb2de082dc2f5e1375bea35c2fd1d&download=

CDS-71491 CLONE - VisuServer: Possible uncontrolled memory allocation

[[GENERAL]]
For more details see Advisory 2020-05, which is available on the CODESYS website:
https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?
eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=13199&token=3e283c3e73fed61f7c181a7fa1169477efaf0c58&download=

CDS-71393 CLONE - CmpRouter/CmpRouterEmbedded: Crafted packet may cause a DoS

[[GENERAL]]
For more details see Advisory 2020-02, which is available on the CODESYS website:
https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?
eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=13077&token=3bfc6d1d08415a6260b96093520071f5786e7fd4&download=

CDS-57116 Compile: There should be a possibility to clearly detect new instances

[[COMPATIBILITY_INFORMATION]]
There might now be more calls to FB_Init and less calls to FB_Exit of a function block when inserted via
online change. The first call to an instance should be a FB_Init(bInCopyCode = FALSE) and the last call to
an instance should be a FB_EXIT(bInCopyCode = FALSE).
[[GENERAL]]
During Online Change:
The FB_Init-method of a newly inserted instance of a function block in another Function block instance will
now be called one initial time with bInCopyCode = false.
If the change triggers an online change of the existing (outer) function block, the newly inserted inner
function block will be called a second time with bInCopyCode = true.
Analog, if an inner function block is deleted FB_Exit on the inner function block will be called with
bInCopyCode = false. If the deletion triggers an online change of the outer function block, the inner
function block will get a call of FB_EXIT with bInCopyCode = true before the final call with bInCopyCode =
false.

CDS-63205 CrossRef: Possibility to see all references of a single array element

[[GENERAL]]
Won't fix, because accessing an array with a constant index indicates a bad software design.
There are several possibilities to avoid such an index access, e.g.:
1.) Enumerations
An enum type can be introduced. The names reflect the numeric value of the enum values and can be
used directly for an index access.
The occurrences of such an enum member can be browsed in the crossreference view.
2.) Structure instead of an array
A structure can be used instead of an array and the structure components can get meaningful names.
The occurrences of such a structure component can be browsed in the crossreference view.
Both possibilities lead to better readable source code.

3.) Filter
The filter functionality (introduced with V3.5 SP13) allows to filter only the accesses with a given (constant)
index. With V3.5 SP16 this will also work for ARRAY OF INT because the filter can be applied to the text
showing the context of the array access.

CDS-65129 Online Device: Unencrypted password transmission in special cases

[[GENERAL]]
Solved as part of CDS-63951.
For more details see Advisory 2019-08, which is available on the CODESYS website:
https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?
eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=12943&token=d097958a67ba382de688916f77e3013c0802fade&download=

CDS-65917 Compiler: Input expression of "AnalyzeExpressionCombined" containing several parts leads

to incorrect/not working analyzation result sOutString with too many brackets
[[GENERAL]]
The Output string and the table treat the variables differently. So the String is not just a string display of
the table content.
The table treats OR similar to AND and interprets the content of OR, whereas the String interprets OR like
a > b.
If the a OR b is FALSE, the whole expression will be part of the string. If a OR b is TRUE, the expression
will not be part of the string.
The table used to handle OR just in the same way as AND: so that for a(TRUE) OR b(FALSE), the
variable b would be part of the table,
even if the expression does not produce FALSE.

The logic for the analyzation in the table is now:

- for exp1 AND exp2:
both expressions will be tested for FALSE, and be part of table, if they are false
- for exp1 OR exp2:
We first test whether the OR is FALSE, and only if it is, then
both expressions will be tested for FALSE, and be part of table, if they are false
- NOT (exp1 AND exp2) will be treated like NOT exp1 OR NOT exp2
- NOT (exp1 OR exp2) will be treated like NOT exp1 AND NOT exp2

XOR will be treated like a > b: the whole expression is part of the table or the string, if it produces FALSE.
String and Table will always be empty, if the tested expression evaluates to TRUE.

The change in behavior is best demonstrated with an example:

In the table:
a=FALSE AND (b=FALSE OR c=FALSE) old: a | b | c new: a | b | c
a=TRUE AND (b=FALSE OR c=FALSE) old: b | c new: b | c
a=FALSE AND (b=TRUE OR c=FALSE) old: a | c new: a
a=TRUE AND (b=TRUE OR c=FALSE) old: c new: empty
a=FALSE AND (b=FALSE OR c=TRUE) old: a | b new: a
a=TRUE AND (b=FALSE OR c=TRUE) old: b new: leer
a=FALSE AND (b=TRUE OR c=TRUE) old: a new: a
a=TRUE AND (b=TRUE OR c=TRUE) old: empty new: empty

String:
a=FALSE AND (b=FALSE OR c=FALSE) old: a | (b OR c) new: a | b OR c
a=TRUE AND (b=FALSE OR c=FALSE) old: (b OR c) new: b OR c
a=FALSE AND (b=TRUE OR c=FALSE) old: a new: a
a=TRUE AND (b=TRUE OR c=FALSE) old: empty new: empty
a=FALSE AND (b=FALSE OR c=TRUE) old: a new: a
a=TRUE AND (b=FALSE OR c=TRUE) old: empty new: empty
a=FALSE AND (b=TRUE OR c=TRUE) old: a new: a
a=TRUE AND (b=TRUE OR c=TRUE) old: empty new: empty

CDS-66210 Visu: Only configured startvisualizations should be accessible

[[GENERAL]]
For more details see Advisory 2020-04, which is available on the CODESYS website:
https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?
eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=13136&token=c267875c01ea70bc9613bc39c684eedc17f55420&download=

For security reasons only the configured start visualizations (in the visualization clients below the
Visualization Manager) are allowed to be accessed when using a visualization profile >= V3.5.16.0.
The previous behavior can be restored by setting the compiler define VISU_NO_STARTVISU_CHECK.
However, this should be used only if necessary for compatibility reasons to prevent opening this security
problem for the application. Instead of this compiler define consider if adding additional start visualizations
by adding additional visualization client objects is an option.

CDS-67481 Core Separation: Merge branch into trunk

[[GENERAL]]
The Core interface component has been refactored. The interfaces from Core have been swtiched to:
- Commands
- Compiler (was already existing)
- ComponentModel
- ComponentModelWin
- DeviceIdentification
- Engine
- EngineWin
- External
- Help
- MessageService
- MessageServiceWin
- MessageStorage
- Objects
- ObjectsWin
- Online
- OnlineWin
- OptionStorage
- OptionStorageWin
- Printing
- Security
- SecurityWin
- SystemInstances
- TargetSettings
- UndoManager
- Views

[[COMPATIBILITY_INFORMATION]]
The "old" Core.dll is now a compatibility interface which has to be present in "Common" and the new
"CompatibilityInterfaces" folder, which is located beside the Common directory.
Using remote calls in CODESYS Test Manager prior version 4.3.1.0 may cause an exception because a
*.profile could not be found. A valid workaround is creating an empty dummy *.profile file with the required
name.
It is no longer possible to install CODESYS SVN < 4.2.6.0 into CODESYS Development System >=
3.5.16.0.

CDS-67819 InputAssistant: Javascript code from libraries can be executed.

[[GENERAL]]
For more details see Advisory 2019-05, which is available on the CODESYS website:
https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?
eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=12940&token=7723e5ed99830656f487e218e73dce2de751102f&download=

CDS-67992 NetVars: Setting for packet size

[[GENERAL]]
Compiler Version >= 3.5.16.0 and Runtime Identification >= 3.5.16.0.

The packet size for UDP telegrams is no longer hardcoded in the NetVarUdp library. Instead the packet
size can be configured in a new parameter list contained in the library. The value of the packetsize target
setting must not be greater than the value configured in the library, otherwise the netvars refuse to
initialize with a corresponding error code set in the diagnosis data.

CDS-69841 WinCE: Reading/Writing 64 bit values to Cortex devices is incorrect

[[COMPATIBILITY_INFORMATION]]
On Windows Embedded Compact 2013 devices with Cortex CPU, the 64 bit integers are no longer
atomically accessed. This affects monitoring, and online writing/forcing of values.

CDS-62813 Weak protection for transmitted passwords

[[GENERAL]]
Solved as part of CDS-63951.
For more details see Advisory 2019-08, which is available on the CODESYS website:
https://customers.codesys.com/fileadmin/data/customers/security/2019/Advisory2019-08_CDS-62813.pdf

CDS-62814 Use of weak hashing algorithm for online passwords

[[GENERAL]]
Solved as part of CDS-63951.
For more details see Advisory 2019-08, which is available on the CODESYS website:
https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?
eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=12943&token=d097958a67ba382de688916f77e3013c0802fade&download=

CDS-63766 FixedPinned-Tasksgroups should be assigned to different cores

[[COMPATIBILITY_INFORMATION-EndUser]]
If you use several taskgroups with the specifier "FixedPinned", every taskgroup is bound to one core, but
to different cores for every taskgroup (beginning with the first core beneath the "system" core!).
So typically we start with core1 for the first taskgroup, second taskgroup on core2 and so on.
So the core assignment is quite similar to the "SequentialPinned", but here it is used on taskgroup layer!

CDS-64207 Setting a new password does not request the old one
[[GENERAL]]
Solved as part of CDS-63951.
For more details see Advisory 2019-08, which is available on the CODESYS website:
https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?
eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=12943&token=d097958a67ba382de688916f77e3013c0802fade&download=

CDS-64209 Online UserManagement: Login tries are counted only for existing user names
[[GENERAL]]
Solved as part of CDS-63951.
For more details see Advisory 2019-08, which is available on the CODESYS website:
https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?
eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=12943&token=d097958a67ba382de688916f77e3013c0802fade&download=

CDS-65602 CmpLog: Logger Messages are not written to disk at once even if LT_DUMP_ALWAYS is
set
[[COMPATIBILITY_INFORMATION-OEM]]
To flush every logger entry directly into the logfile, there is a new option for the logger:
LT_DUMP_SYSFILE_FLUSH
So this performs a SysFileFlush for every log entry intependently, if the logger has the additional option
LT_DUMP_ASYNC or LT_DUMP_ALWAYS.

CDS-65675 Setting a new password does not request the old one - runtime system part
[[GENERAL]]
Solved as part of CDS-63951.
For more details see Advisory 2019-08, which is available on the CODESYS website:
https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?
eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=12943&token=d097958a67ba382de688916f77e3013c0802fade&download=

CDS-66949 ComponentManager: Create a SysTask as main thread of the runtime system

[[COMPATIBILITY_INFORMATION-OEM]]
There are new options for CMInit3() to execute CH_INIT_XXX, CH_EXIT_XXX and CH_COMM_CYCLE
hooks in own SysTask (see CMItf.h for details):
- RTS_CMINIT_OPTION_INITTASK
- RTS_CMINIT_OPTION_COMMCYCLETASK
- RTS_CMINIT_OPTION_EXITTASK

CDS-67291 RTS VxWorks: Runtime crashes after PlcExit->PlcStart

[[COMPATIBILITY_INFORMATION]]
Once the CODESYS runtime (VxWorks) has been stopped with PlcExit( ) it cannot be started anymore
with PlcStart( ). In this case a reboot (PowerOff/On) of the target system is recommended, before starting
the CODESYS runtime (VxWorks) again.

CDS-67591 WinCE: improve comm cycle handling thread

[[COMPATIBILITY_INFORMATION-OEM]]
From version 3.5.16.0 on, the Windows CE runtime system can handle the startup, shutdown and cyclic
handling of low priority stuff in different ways.
The default behaviour is different from past versions: the runtime system calls CMInit3 for creating a
system task doing all these things.
If the OEM wants to go back to the old behaviour, he can
#undef USE_CM_TASKS
in SysWinCE.h and re-compile CeWin.c and Maince.c.
In this case, the Windows CE specific part of the RTS calls CMInit as in the past, and creates its own task
for the comm cycle handling.
For headless systems, the defines NoTargetVisu and _3S_HEADLESS_ must be used as before, in the
Visual Studio project settings (the new define USE_CM_TASKS should be modified in SysWinCE.h,
however).
Recommendation: set USE_CM_TASKS. In this case, initialization, shut down and comm cycle are
protected through exception handling, without any code required from the OEM side.
As before, these two C files are delivered as source code, so the OEM can modfiy and extend if needed or
wanted.
CDS-67596 CmpItf.h : Due to removed CMPID's for IEC code components customer builds fail
[[COMPATIBILITY_INFORMATION]]
Component IDs of IEC libraries are removed from the runtime system with CDS-65850, because they are
managed in other scopes.
So:
If you need the component ID of an IEC library, it can be retrieved in the runtime system by:
CMPID cmpId;
CMItf .h:: CMGetCmpId(<ComponentName> &cmpId);

The prerequisite for that is that the corresponding library have to register itself at the component manager
with the CmpComponentManager.library with the function:
CMAddComponent2(<ComponentName>, <Version>, ADR(<ComponentId>), ADR(result));

CDS-68341 Webvisu, Webserver: PLC crashes with crafted request

[[GENERAL]]
For more details see Advisory 2019-10, which is available on the CODESYS website:
https://customers.codesys.com/fileadmin/data/customers/security/2019/Advisory2019-10_CDS-68341.pdf

CDS-68651 CODESYS Control VxWorks: Support LLVM compiler

[[GENERAL]]
With Service Release 6.00 of VxWorks 7 WindRiver replaced the toolchain based on GNU by LLVM
(clang) for the Hardware architectures ARM and X86.

Starting with version >= V3.5.15.40 CODESYSControl also supports LLVM (clang).

Please note that the CODESYSControl built with GNU is not able to run on a VxWorks Image built with
LLVM and vice versa, which means that users have to order a new Runtime Tool Kit based on LLVM, if
they upgrade their ARM or X86 based systems to a newer VxWorks version (VxWorks7 SR6.00 or newer).

CDS-68816 VxW7_0620 / LLVM: Add check for INCLUDE_DATA_NO_EXEC in VxWorks kernel

[[GENERAL]]
With VxWorks 7 SR0620 the VxWorks Core OS kernel hardening features are enabled by default. One of
the hardending features is INCLUDE_DATA_NO_EXEC. With this feature it is not possible to run
generated IEC (machine) code from memory of the target.
At startup of the VxWorks CODESYS runtime a check for this feature will be performed and if present, the
startup of the VxWorks CODESYS runtime will abort.

CDS-69663 CmpRouter/CmpRouterEmbedded: Crafted packet may cause a DoS

[[GENERAL]]
For more details see Advisory 2020-02, which is available on the CODESYS website:
https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?
eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=13077&token=3bfc6d1d08415a6260b96093520071f5786e7fd4&download=
CDS-69698 CmpRouter/CmpRouterEmbedded/CmpBlkDrvTcp: Crafted packets may cause a DoS
[[GENERAL]]
For more details see Advisory 2020-02, which is available on the CODESYS website:
https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?
eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=13077&token=3bfc6d1d08415a6260b96093520071f5786e7fd4&download=

CDS-68994 ChannelServer: Memory allocation DoS

[[GENERAL]]
For more details see Advisory 2020-01, which is available on the CODESYS website:
https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?
eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=12977&token=33f948eed0c2fd69d238d9515779be337ef7592d&download=

CDS-68635 Remove dependencies to +SubVersionIntegration and upgrade to

+RevisionControlSystemHooks
[[COMPATIBILITY_INFORMATION-OEM]]
This ticket introduces support for the following new IRcs hooks IRcsStatusUpdateOverride and
IRcsObjectSerializationCustomizationHook. Those hooks can be used with CODESYS SVN as follows
(but are not restriced to usage with SVN):
- To suspend status updates of SVN during rich project transactions, we now offer an implementation of
the interface IRcsStatusUpdateOverride (introduced with SDK V3.5.15.30), which can be instantiated
using the type guid "{B953FED2-2AD3-4383-A511-5717C832092B}". Note: Since this interface is an
IDisposable, a rich transaction could easily be scoped with the "using" keyword.
- To set the "ignore on commit" in the SVN Working Copy for an object, implement a
IRcsObjectSerializationCustomizationHook. In the method InterceptWrite(IRcsInterceptWriteArguments2
arg) you can request to set the ignore flag by setting IRcsInterceptWriteArguments2.IgnoreOnCommit.

For further information see the CODESYS Developer Network: https://dn.codesys.com/news/details/s28-

svn-git-migrate-hooks-from-svn-specific-to-independent-revision-control-systems-rcs-hooks/

CDS-64429 Profibus (CIFX) Redundancy

[[KNOWN_LIMITATIONS]]
- Timeout must be set to 100ms to stay in sync at reset.
- Output data is not bumpless (see CDS-68794). As a workaroud %Q-Data can be manually added to the
"Registered Areas" (in Redundancy Configuration Object)

CDS-31507 OPC-Configurator: Interfaces Gateway and ARTI:Support V2 PLC password

[[COMPATIBILITY_INFORMATION-EndUser]]
In older versions the texts for user name and (PLC) password of a connection could only be entered in the
Expert settings dialog. Now these parameters are in the PLC settings.

CDS-68412 WebServer: Heap Buffer overflow vulnerability

[[GENERAL]]
For more details see Advisory 2019-10, which is available on the CODESYS website:
https://customers.codesys.com/fileadmin/data/customers/security/2019/Advisory2019-10_CDS-68341.pdf
CDS-69655 Webserver: Remote heap buffer overflow vulnerability
[[GENERAL]]
For more details see Advisory 2020-03, which is available on the CODESYS website:
https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?
eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=13078&token=de344ca65252463cc581ef144e0c53bd97b8f211&download=