CVE-2021-25660
mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.010 · 62 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels V15 7\" & 15\" (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V15.1 Update 6), SIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels V16 7\" & 15\" (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V16 Update 4), SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels V15 4\" - 22\" (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V15.1 Update 6), SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels V16 4\" - 22\" (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V16 Update 4), SIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panels V15 KTP400F, KTP700, KTP700F, KTP900 and KTP900F (All versions < V15.1 Update 6), SIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panels V16 KTP400F, KTP700, KTP700F, KTP900 and KTP900F (All versions < V16 Update 4), SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced V15 (All versions < V15.1 Update 6), SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced V16 (All versions < V16 Update 4). SmartVNC has an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability that could be triggered on the server side when sending data from the client, which could result in a Denial-of-Service condition.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- FixedSIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels V15 7" & 15" (incl. SIPLUS variants)siemens_psirt
Update SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) to V15.1 Update 6, and then update panel to V15.1 Update 6
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109763890/ - FixedSIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels V16 7" & 15" (incl. SIPLUS variants)siemens_psirt
Update SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) to V16 Update 4 or later version, and then update panel to V16 Update 4 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109775861/ - FixedSIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels V15 4" - 22" (incl. SIPLUS variants)siemens_psirt
Update SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) to V15.1 Update 6, and then update panel to V15.1 Update 6
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109763890/ - FixedSIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels V16 4" - 22" (incl. SIPLUS variants)siemens_psirt
Update SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) to V16 Update 4 or later version, and then update panel to V16 Update 4 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109775861/ - FixedSIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panels V15 KTP400F, KTP700, KTP700F, KTP900 and KTP900Fsiemens_psirt
Update SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) to V15.1 Update 6, and then update panel to V15.1 Update 6
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109763890/ - FixedSIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panels V16 KTP400F, KTP700, KTP700F, KTP900 and KTP900Fsiemens_psirt
Update SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) to V16 Update 4 or later version, and then update panel to V16 Update 4 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109775861/ - FixedSIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced V15siemens_psirt
Update to V15.1 Update 6
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109763890/ - FixedSIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced V16siemens_psirt
Update to V16 Update 4 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109776018/ - FixedSIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels V15 7" & 15" (incl. SIPLUS variants)cisa_csaf_ot
Update SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) to V15.1 Update 6, and then update panel to V15.1 Update 6
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109763890/ - FixedSIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels V16 7" & 15" (incl. SIPLUS variants)cisa_csaf_ot
Update SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) to V16 Update 4 or later version, and then update panel to V16 Update 4 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109775861/ - FixedSIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels V15 4" - 22" (incl. SIPLUS variants)cisa_csaf_ot
Update SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) to V15.1 Update 6, and then update panel to V15.1 Update 6
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109763890/ - FixedSIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels V16 4" - 22" (incl. SIPLUS variants)cisa_csaf_ot
Update SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) to V16 Update 4 or later version, and then update panel to V16 Update 4 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109775861/ - FixedSIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panels V15 KTP400F, KTP700, KTP700F, KTP900 and KTP900Fcisa_csaf_ot
Update SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) to V15.1 Update 6, and then update panel to V15.1 Update 6
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109763890/ - FixedSIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panels V16 KTP400F, KTP700, KTP700F, KTP900 and KTP900Fcisa_csaf_ot
Update SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) to V16 Update 4 or later version, and then update panel to V16 Update 4 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109775861/ - FixedSIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced V15cisa_csaf_ot
Update to V15.1 Update 6
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109763890/ - FixedSIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced V16cisa_csaf_ot
Update to V16 Update 4 or later version
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109776018/ - MitigationSIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels V15 7" & 15" (incl. SIPLUS variants)siemens_psirt
Restrict access to port 5900/tcp to trusted IP addresses only
- MitigationSIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels V16 7" & 15" (incl. SIPLUS variants)siemens_psirt
Restrict access to port 5900/tcp to trusted IP addresses only
- MitigationSIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels V15 4" - 22" (incl. SIPLUS variants)siemens_psirt
Restrict access to port 5900/tcp to trusted IP addresses only
- MitigationSIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels V16 4" - 22" (incl. SIPLUS variants)siemens_psirt
Restrict access to port 5900/tcp to trusted IP addresses only
- MitigationSIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panels V15 KTP400F, KTP700, KTP700F, KTP900 and KTP900Fsiemens_psirt
Restrict access to port 5900/tcp to trusted IP addresses only
- MitigationSIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panels V16 KTP400F, KTP700, KTP700F, KTP900 and KTP900Fsiemens_psirt
Restrict access to port 5900/tcp to trusted IP addresses only
- MitigationSIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced V15siemens_psirt
Restrict access to port 5900/tcp to trusted IP addresses only
- MitigationSIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced V16siemens_psirt
Restrict access to port 5900/tcp to trusted IP addresses only
- MitigationSIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels V15 7" & 15" (incl. SIPLUS variants)cisa_csaf_ot
Restrict access to port 5900/tcp to trusted IP addresses only
- MitigationSIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels V16 7" & 15" (incl. SIPLUS variants)cisa_csaf_ot
Restrict access to port 5900/tcp to trusted IP addresses only
- MitigationSIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels V15 4" - 22" (incl. SIPLUS variants)cisa_csaf_ot
Restrict access to port 5900/tcp to trusted IP addresses only
- MitigationSIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels V16 4" - 22" (incl. SIPLUS variants)cisa_csaf_ot
Restrict access to port 5900/tcp to trusted IP addresses only
- MitigationSIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panels V15 KTP400F, KTP700, KTP700F, KTP900 and KTP900Fcisa_csaf_ot
Restrict access to port 5900/tcp to trusted IP addresses only
- MitigationSIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panels V16 KTP400F, KTP700, KTP700F, KTP900 and KTP900Fcisa_csaf_ot
Restrict access to port 5900/tcp to trusted IP addresses only
- MitigationSIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced V15cisa_csaf_ot
Restrict access to port 5900/tcp to trusted IP addresses only
- MitigationSIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced V16cisa_csaf_ot
Restrict access to port 5900/tcp to trusted IP addresses only
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
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affected products (72)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Siemens SIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels V15 7\" & 15\" (incl. SIPLUS variants)All versions → V15.1 Update 6enisa_euvdEU
- Siemens SIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels V16 7\" & 15\" (incl. SIPLUS variants)All versions → V16 Update 4enisa_euvdEU
- Siemens SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels V15 4\" - 22\" (incl. SIPLUS variants)All versions → V15.1 Update 6enisa_euvdEU
- Siemens SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels V16 4\" - 22\" (incl. SIPLUS variants)All versions → V16 Update 4enisa_euvdEU
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- SSA-538778SSA-538778: SmartVNC Vulnerabilities in SIMATIC HMI/WinCC Products2021-05-11csaf · siemens_psirtDE
Multiple SmartVNC vulnerabilities in the affected products listed below could allow remote code execution and Denial-of-Service attacks under certain conditions. Siemens has released updates for the affected products and recommends to update to the latest version.
- ICSA-21-131-12Siemens SIMATIC SmartVNC HMI WinCC Products (Update B)2021-05-11icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Multiple SmartVNC vulnerabilities in the affected products listed below could allow remote code execution and Denial-of-Service attacks under certain conditions. Siemens has released updates for the affected products and recommends to update to the latest version.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-538778.pdfcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25660cnnvd
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-131-12cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/SmartVNC-multiple-vulnerabilities-35360cnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021051206cnnvd
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-538778.pdfenisa_euvd
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-538778.pdfPatchVendor Advisorynvd
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