High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 2, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-37166
CVE-2021-37166
Description
A buffer overflow issue leading to denial of service was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus Panel operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. When HMI3 starts up, it binds a local service to a TCP port on all interfaces of the device, and takes extensive time for the GUI to connect to the TCP socket, allowing the connection to be hijacked by an external attacker.
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Affected products
3- Swisslog Healthcare Nexus/HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus Paneldescription
- Range: <7.2.5.7
- Range: <7.2.5.7
Patches
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References
4- www.swisslog-healthcare.com/-/media/swisslog-healthcare/documents/customer-service/armis-documents/cve-2021-37166-bulletin---gui-socket-denial-of-service.pdfnvdVendor Advisory
- www.armis.com/PwnedPipernvdBroken Link
- www.swisslog-healthcare.comnvdProduct
- www.swisslog-healthcare.com/en-us/customer-care/security-information/cve-disclosuresnvd
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