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CVE-2021-22681

Known Exploited (CISA KEV)CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Severity Score
EPSS Score34.5200%
EPSS Percentile92.28th
PublishedMar 3, 2021
Last ModifiedMar 6, 2026

Vulnerability Description

Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Designer Versions 21 and later, and RSLogix 5000 Versions 16 through 20 use a key to verify Logix controllers are communicating with Rockwell Automation CompactLogix 1768, 1769, 5370, 5380, 5480: ControlLogix 5550, 5560, 5570, 5580; DriveLogix 5560, 5730, 1794-L34; Compact GuardLogix 5370, 5380; GuardLogix 5570, 5580; SoftLogix 5800. Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Designer Versions 21 and later and RSLogix 5000: Versions 16 through 20 are vulnerable because an unauthenticated attacker could bypass this verification mechanism and authenticate with Rockwell Automation CompactLogix 1768, 1769, 5370, 5380, 5480: ControlLogix 5550, 5560, 5570, 5580; DriveLogix 5560, 5730, 1794-L34; Compact GuardLogix 5370, 5380; GuardLogix 5570, 5580; SoftLogix 5800.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Rockwellautomation

Factorytalk Services Platform

>= 2.10
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Rockwellautomation

Rslogix 5000

>= 16 and <= 20
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Rockwellautomation

Studio 5000 Logix Designer

>= 21.0

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