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CVE-2021-37167

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% 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-269

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.

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-2021-37167-bulletin---privilege-escalation.pdf?rev=20c909e5f00048838620b52471f266fc&hash=F43731C7A882EEBB5CE28DFBC75933D3
• 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-2021-37167-bulletin---privilege-escalation.pdf?rev=20c909e5f00048838620b52471f266fc&hash=F43731C7A882EEBB5CE28DFBC75933D3
• 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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