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CVE-2021-36799

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-07-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-798

Description

KNX ETS5 through 5.7.6 uses the hard-coded password ETS5Password, with a salt value of Ivan Medvedev, allowing local users to read project information. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

Affected products

• Knx Engineering Tool Software 5: through 5.7.6

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165200/ETS5-Password-Recovery-Tool.html
• https://github.com/robertguetzkow/ets5-password-recovery
• https://www.knx.org/knx-en/for-professionals/software/ets-5-professional/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165200/ETS5-Password-Recovery-Tool.html
• https://github.com/robertguetzkow/ets5-password-recovery
• https://www.knx.org/knx-en/for-professionals/software/ets-5-professional/

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