Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-27388

Critical

Published: 15 June 2021

Published
15 June 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0186 83.5th percentile
Risk Priority 21 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-27388 is a critical-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Siemens Sinamics Sl150 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 16.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

SINAMICS medium voltage routable products are affected by a vulnerability in the Sm@rtServer component for remote access that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition, and/or execution of limited configuration modifications and/or execution of limited control commands…

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on the SINAMICS Medium Voltage Products, Remote Access (SINAMICS SL150: All versions, SINAMICS SM150: All versions, SINAMICS SM150i: All versions).

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

siemens
sinamics sl150 firmware
all versions
siemens
sinamics sm150 firmware
all versions
siemens
sinamics sm150i firmware
all versions

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.

addresses: CWE-20

Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.

addresses: CWE-20

Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.

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