CVE-2021-20599

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 70.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2021-10-14 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-03 17:45Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-12-17

Assigning CNA

Mitsubishi

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-319Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive InformationBase
• CWE-639Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled KeyBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

24d83d1d6a5f52a11ca5f125ae79f3682decb29c1675fd37d9c02ab0c5776e8d

• www.mitsubishielectric.comhttps://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2021-011_en.pdfvendor-advisory
• jvn.jphttps://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU98578731government-resource
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-287-03government-resource