Rockwell Automation DriveTools SP v5.13 and below and Drives AOP v4.12 and below both contain a vulnerability that a local attacker with li…

published 2021-03-18 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-9801

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits: 0; none known

Rockwell Automation DriveTools SP v5.13 and below and Drives AOP v4.12 and below both contain a vulnerability that a local attacker with limited privileges may be able to exploit resulting in privilege escalation and complete control of the system.

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-21-042-02 updated 2021-02-11 cvss 7.5

Rockwell Automation DriveTools SP and Drives AOP

Rockwell Automation DriveExecutive <=5.13 Rockwell Automation Drives AOP <=4.12
affected: vendor fix, mitigation “DriveTools SP: v5.14.41 or later” rockwellautomation.custhelp.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

n/a Rockwell Automation DriveTools SP and Drives AOP

Classification

Weakness

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

rockwellautomation.custhelp.com /app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1129798
permissions-required, vendor-advisory
us-cert.cisa.gov /ics/advisories/icsa-21-042-02
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-22665
NVD CVE-2021-22665

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