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CVE-2021-27457 json

A vulnerability has been found in multiple revisions of Emerson Rosemount X-STREAM Gas Analyzer.

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-14211

cvss
7.5
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

Summary

A vulnerability has been found in multiple revisions of Emerson Rosemount X-STREAM Gas Analyzer. The affected products utilize a weak encryption algorithm for storage of sensitive data, which may allow an attacker to more easily obtain credentials used for access.

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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-21-138-01 updated cvss 7.5

ICSA-21-138-01_Emerson Rosemount X-STREAM

  • Emerson X-STREAM enhanced XEFD Emerson X-STREAM enhanced XEGK Emerson X-STREAM enhanced XEGP Emerson X-STREAM enhanced XEXF
    affected: mitigation “One of the cybersecurity best practices should include configuring web browsers to prohibit storage of user information such as login names and passwords.” emerson.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 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a Emerson Rosemount X-STREAM Gas Analyzer

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength
  • CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

References

Sources

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