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critical 9.8

CVE-2021-33016 json

KUKA KR C4 - Use of Hard-Coded Credentials

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-19737

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An attacker can gain full access (read/write/delete) to sensitive folders due to hard-coded credentials on KUKA KR C4 control software for versions prior to 8.7 or any product running KSS.

Patch / fix

  • KUKA KR C4 v8.7

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Vendor advisories

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cisa ICSA-21-208-01 updated cvss 9.8

KUKA KR C4

  • KUKA KR C4 < 8.7 KUKA KSS
    affected: mitigation kuka.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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

1.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • KUKA KR C4
  • KUKA KSS (KUKA.SystemSoftware)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

Sources

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