CVE-2021-21865

HIGH

CODESYS Development System 3.5.16 - Remote Code Execution via Unsafe Deserialization in PackageManagement.plugin

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A unsafe deserialization vulnerability exists in the PackageManagement.plugin ExtensionMethods.Clone() functionality of CODESYS GmbH CODESYS Development System 3.5.16. A specially crafted file can lead to arbitrary command execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1301

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0130
EPSS Percentile 66.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-502
Status published
Products (2)
codesys/development_system 3.5.16.0
codesys/development_system 3.5.17.0
Published Aug 02, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026