---
pattern_id: pattern_hacker_machine_interface_-_the_state_of_scada_hmi_vulnerabilities
applicable_symptoms: [hacker_machine_interface_-_the_state_of_scada_hmi_vulnerabilities]
domain: Systems_Compute
---

# SCADA HMI systems have unpatched vulnerabilities that allow remote code execution and unauthorized control.

**Domain**: `Systems_Compute`

## Fix

Implement network segmentation, apply vendor patches, and use application whitelisting to restrict unauthorized executables.

## Anti-pattern

Relying solely on perimeter firewalls without internal segmentation or patch management.

## Cross-domain analogies

- **Perception_Vision** → Use real-world system snapshots to generate synthetic HMI states for patching validation.
  - related fix: Construct high-fidelity datasets using 3D Gaussian Splatting (3D-GS) to generate photorealistic novel-view synthetic images from sparse real captures, preserving fine-grained textures and lighting details.
- **Planning_Decision** → Hierarchical decomposition with closed-loop verification.
  - related fix: Hierarchical framework: VLM-based high-level planner selects sub-goals via visual grounding, MPC-based low-level controller executes adaptive locomotion.
- **Learning_Training** → Use the HMI system itself to filter and validate control commands, retaining only high-confidence actions for execution.
  - related fix: Self-Refining Data Flywheel (SRDF): after initial training, use the Navigator model itself to filter and score candidate trajectories, retaining only high-confidence or high-reward pairs for iterative fine-tuning.

## Patch

```diff
--- hacker_machine_interface_-_the_state_of_scada_hmi_vulnerabilities.before.py
+++ hacker_machine_interface_-_the_state_of_scada_hmi_vulnerabilities.after.py
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-# --- BEFORE (vulnerable to the symptom below) ---

+# --- AFTER (ROSCLAW heuristic graft) ---

 # Symptom: SCADA HMI systems have unpatched vulnerabilities that allow remote code execution and unauthorized control.

+# Fix    : Implement network segmentation, apply vendor patches, and use application whitelisting to restrict unauthorized executables.

+# Avoid  : Relying solely on perimeter firewalls without internal segmentation or patch management.

```
