CVE-2021-37167

CRITICAL

HMI3 Control Panel Firmware < 7.2.5.7 - Privilege Escalation via Default Credentials

Title source: llm

Description

An insecure permissions issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus Panel operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. A user logged in using the default credentials can gain root access to the device, which provides permissions for all of the functionality of the device.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Product x_refsource_misc

https://www.swisslog-healthcare.com

Broken Link x_refsource_misc

https://www.armis.com/PwnedPiper

Various Sources x_refsource_misc

https://www.swisslog-healthcare.com/en-us/customer-care/security-information/cve-disclosures#:~:text=CVE%20Disclosures%20%20%20%20Vulnerability%20Name%20%2C%20%20CVE-2021-37164%20%204%20more%20rows%20

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.swisslog-healthcare.com/-/media/swisslog-healthcare/documents/customer-service/armis-documents/cve-2021-37167-bulletin---privilege-escalation.pdf?rev=20c909e5f00048838620b52471f266fc&hash=F43731C7A882EEBB5CE28DFBC75933D3

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0174

EPSS Percentile 74.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-269

Status published

Products (1)

swisslog-healthcare/hmi-3_control_panel_firmware < 7.2.5.7

Published Aug 02, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026