High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 12, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-42029
CVE-2021-42029
Description
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V15 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V16 (All versions < V16 Update 5), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V17 (All versions < V17 Update 2). An attacker could achieve privilege escalation on the web server of certain devices due to improper access control vulnerability in the engineering system software. The attacker needs to have direct access to the impacted web server.
Affected products
12cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_step_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_step_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=15,<16
- cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_step_7:16:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_step_7:16:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_step_7:16:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_step_7:16:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_step_7:16:update4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_step_7:17:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_step_7:17:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
(expand)+ 3 more
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: All versions
- (no CPE)range: All versions < V16 Update 5
- (no CPE)range: All versions < V17 Update 2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-350757.pdfnvdPatchVendor Advisory
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