CVE-2021-20594

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.024 · 84 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.37% (84th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Is it mine?
34 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisa_csaf_ot

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series Safety CPU modules R08/16/32/120SFCPU firmware versions "26" and prior and Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU modules R08/16/32/120PSFCPU firmware versions "11" and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to acquire legitimate user names registered in the module via brute-force attack on user names.

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remediations

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

No vendor fix yet; a mitigation is available.

  • MitigationMELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU R08PSFCPU Firmwarecisa_csaf_ot

    MELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU R08/16/32/120PSFCPU:Firmware versions "12" or later

  • MitigationMELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU R120PSFCPU Firmwarecisa_csaf_ot

    MELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU R08/16/32/120PSFCPU:Firmware versions "12" or later

  • MitigationMELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU R16PSFCPU Firmwarecisa_csaf_ot

    MELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU R08/16/32/120PSFCPU:Firmware versions "12" or later

  • MitigationMELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU R32PSFCPU Firmwarecisa_csaf_ot

    MELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU R08/16/32/120PSFCPU:Firmware versions "12" or later

  • MitigationMELSEC iQ-R series Safety CPU R08SFCPU Firmwarecisa_csaf_ot

    MELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU R08/16/32/120PSFCPU:Firmware versions "12" or later

  • MitigationMELSEC iQ-R series Safety CPU R120SFCPU Firmwarecisa_csaf_ot

    MELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU R08/16/32/120PSFCPU:Firmware versions "12" or later

  • MitigationMELSEC iQ-R series Safety CPU R16SFCPU Firmwarecisa_csaf_ot

    MELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU R08/16/32/120PSFCPU:Firmware versions "12" or later

  • MitigationMELSEC iQ-R series Safety CPU R32SFCPU Firmwarecisa_csaf_ot

    MELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU R08/16/32/120PSFCPU:Firmware versions "12" or later

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cvss

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

7.5
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v3.15.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · CISA US
v3.15.9mediumAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-200USprimaryCWE-200USCWE-200US
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affected products (34)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • ICSA-21-250-01Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R Series2021-09-07icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS

    Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker unauthorized access to legitimate usernames, CPU module access, or the ability to deny access to legitimate users.

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also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducisa_csaf_otNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2021-08-06modified 2026-06-17
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references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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