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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-20597

Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series Safety CPU modules R08/16/32/120SFCPU firmware versions "26" and prior and Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU modules R08/16/32/120PSFCPU…

CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 2.22%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series Safety CPU modules R08/16/32/120SFCPU firmware versions "26" and prior and Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU modules R08/16/32/120PSFCPU firmware versions "11" and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to login to the target unauthorizedly by sniffing network traffic and obtaining credentials when registering user information in the target or changing a password.

CVSS 3.1
9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
2.22% probability · 82th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-522
Affected
mitsubishielectric/r08sfcpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r16sfcpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r32sfcpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r120sfcpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r08psfcpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r16psfcpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r32psfcpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r120psfcpu firmware
Source
Mitsubishielectric.Psirt@yd.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.