CVE-2021-22681

Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Designer Versions 21 and later, and RSLogix 5000 Versions 16 through 20 use a key to verify Logix controllers are communicating with Rockwell Automation CompactLogix 1768, 1769, 5370, 5380, 5480: ControlLogix 5550, 5560, 5570, 5580; DriveLogix 5560, 5730, 1794-L34; Compact GuardLogix 5370, 5380; GuardLogix 5570, 5580; SoftLogix 5800. Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Designer Versions 21 and later and RSLogix 5000: Versions 16 through 20 are vulnerable because an unauthenticated attacker could bypass this verification mechanism and authenticate with Rockwell Automation CompactLogix 1768, 1769, 5370, 5380, 5480: ControlLogix 5550, 5560, 5570, 5580; DriveLogix 5560, 5730, 1794-L34; Compact GuardLogix 5370, 5380; GuardLogix 5570, 5580; SoftLogix 5800.

Published: Mar 3, 2021
Updated: Apr 14, 2023
CVE: CVE-2021-22681
Severity: Critical
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Critical
Score: 9.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

Severity: High
Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-522

OWASP TOP 10:

A2 - Broken Authentication

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
rockwellautomation / factorytalk_services_platform	2.10	2.10.x
rockwellautomation / rslogix_5000	16	20.x
rockwellautomation / studio_5000_logix_designer	21.0	21.0.x

https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-056-03

Vulnerability Database

289,871

CVE-2021-22681