CVE-2021-20269

lowpriority · track · 22OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 17 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.25% (17th) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

11 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · cisa_csaf_ot

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A flaw was found in the permissions of a log file created by kexec-tools. This flaw allows a local unprivileged user to read this file and leak kernel internal information from a previous panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. This flaw affects kexec-tools shipped by Fedora versions prior to 2.0.21-8 and RHEL versions prior to 2.0.20-47.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedSIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - BIOSsiemens_psirt
Update to V1.3.0 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109945851/
FixedSIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - BIOScisa_csaf_ot
Update to V1.3.0 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109945851/
WorkaroundSIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - BIOSsiemens_psirt
Only build and run applications from trusted sources
WorkaroundSIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - BIOScisa_csaf_ot
Only build and run applications from trusted sources

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–5.5

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · CISA US

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · Siemens ProductCERT DE

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-276USCWE-276USCWE-276US

affected products (11)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
IBM Spectrum Protect 10.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:spectrum_protect:10.1
IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:spectrum_protect:8.1
Siemens SIMATIC S7 1500 TM MFPall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:siemens:simatic_s7:1500_tm_mfp
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - BIOSall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - BIOS< V1.3.0cisa_csaf_otUS
n/a kexec-tools≤ Fedora kexec-tools versions prior to 2.0.21-8 and RHEL kexec-tools versions prior to 2.0.20-47enisa_euvdEU
kexec-tools project kexec-tools< 2.0.20-47nvdUScpe:2.3:a:kexec-tools_project:kexec-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kexec-tools project kexec-tools< 2.0.21-8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:kexec-tools_project:kexec-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - BIOS< V1.3.0siemens_psirtDE

advisories (4)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

SSA-831302SSA-831302: Vulnerabilities in the BIOS of the SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP before V1.3.02023-06-13csaf · siemens_psirtDE
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in the BIOS of the SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP before V1.3.0. Siemens has released a new version for SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - BIOS and recommends to update to the latest version.
WID-SEC-W-2022-0515IBM Spectrum Protect: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-06-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM Spectrum Protect ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, seine Rechte zu erweitern oder beliebigen Code mit Root-Rechten auszuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2023-1432Siemens SIMATIC S7: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-06-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer aus dem angrenzenden Netzwerk oder ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter, physischer oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Siemens SIMATIC S7 ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, seine Privilegien zu erweitern und Daten zu manipulieren.
ICSA-23-166-10Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP BIOS2023-06-13icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in the BIOS of the SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP before V1.3.0. Siemens has released a new version for SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - BIOS and recommends to update to the latest version.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund cisa_csaf_ot nvd siemens_psirt NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-03-10modified 2026-06-17

references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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