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CVE-2021-42796

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-12-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

An issue was discovered in ExecuteCommand() in AVEVA Edge (formerly InduSoft Web Studio) versions R2020 and prior that allows unauthenticated arbitrary commands to be executed.

Affected products

• AVEVA Edge: before 2020; 2020, 2020-r2 — fixed in 2020

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: AVEVA Edge 2020. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.aveva.com/en/products/edge/
• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-22-326-01
• https://www.aveva.com/en/products/edge/
• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-22-326-01

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