CVE-2021-40422 | An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the device … | CVSS 10.0 CRITICAL

Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the device password generation functionality of Swift Sensors Gateway SG3-1010. A specially-crafted network request can lead to remote code execution. An attacker can send a sequence of requests to trigger this vulnerability.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2021-40422
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: talos
Reserved: 2021-09-01 00:00 UTC
Published: 2022-04-14 19:56 UTC
Last updated: 2025-04-15 19:07 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-798
CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Vendor / Product: Swift Sensors / Swift Sensors Gateway
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

10.0 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: PoC
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
Swift Sensors	Swift Sensors Gateway	—	SG3-1010

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-798	cna	CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
10.0	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (1)

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1431 https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1431