CVE-2021-40356

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-09-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Teamcenter V12.4 (All versions < V12.4.0.8), Teamcenter V13.0 (All versions < V13.0.0.7), Teamcenter V13.1 (All versions < V13.1.0.5), Teamcenter V13.2 (All versions < 13.2.0.2). The application contains a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability. This could allow an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem.

Affected products

Siemens Teamcenter Visualization: from 12.4.0 before 12.4.0.8; from 13.0.0 before 13.0.0.7; from 13.1.0 before 13.1.0.5; from 13.2.0 before 13.2.0.2 — fixed in 12.4.0.8, 13.0.0.7, 13.1.0.5, 13.2.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Siemens Teamcenter Visualization 12.4.0.8, 13.0.0.7, 13.1.0.5, 13.2.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

Get alerted when CVE-2021-40356 or the next vulnerability affects your stack