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CVE-2021-37163

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-08-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-798

Description

An insecure permissions issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. The device has two user accounts with passwords that are hardcoded.

Affected products

• Swisslog-Healthcare Hmi-3 Control Panel Firmware: before 7.2.5.7 — fixed in 7.2.5.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Swisslog-Healthcare Hmi-3 Control Panel Firmware 7.2.5.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.armis.com/PwnedPiper
• https://www.swisslog-healthcare.com
• https://www.swisslog-healthcare.com/-/media/swisslog-healthcare/documents/customer-service/armis-documents/cve-2021-37163-bulletin---default-credentials-for-the-telnet-server.pdf?rev=da64c389a475494985b9fd2c2c508542&hash=466A7109AF08EBFF3756B2C25968ED5E
• 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
• https://www.armis.com/PwnedPiper
• https://www.swisslog-healthcare.com
• https://www.swisslog-healthcare.com/-/media/swisslog-healthcare/documents/customer-service/armis-documents/cve-2021-37163-bulletin---default-credentials-for-the-telnet-server.pdf?rev=da64c389a475494985b9fd2c2c508542&hash=466A7109AF08EBFF3756B2C25968ED5E
• 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

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