Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-4228

Medium

Published: 24 October 2022

Published
24 October 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0081 74.7th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-4228 is a medium-severity Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key (CWE-321) vulnerability in Lannerinc Iac-Ast2500 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.8 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 25.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Use of hard-coded TLS certificate by default allows an attacker to perform Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks even in the presence of the HTTPS connection. This issue affects: Lanner Inc IAC-AST2500A standard firmware version 1.00.0.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

lannerinc
iac-ast2500 firmware
1.00.0

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-798 CWE-321

Supplier evaluation and secure acquisition practices make it harder for hard-coded credentials to be introduced via procured products.

addresses: CWE-798 CWE-321

Requiring security functional requirements and acceptance criteria allows contracts to prohibit hard-coded credentials in delivered systems or components.

addresses: CWE-798 CWE-321

Supplier risk reviews identify and discourage hard-coded credentials in delivered products or services.

addresses: CWE-798

Enables users to notice when hard-coded credentials have been exploited for unauthorized access.

addresses: CWE-798

Security training explicitly warns against hard-coded credentials, lowering their use in systems.

addresses: CWE-798

Policy and procedures prohibit hard-coded credentials in favor of managed authentication.

addresses: CWE-798

External identity providers eliminate the need for hard-coded credentials in applications.

addresses: CWE-798

Changing default authenticators prior to first use and protecting content prevents use of hard-coded credentials.

References