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CVE-2021-35529 json

Password in Memory Vulnerability in Retail Operations Product and Counterparty Settlement and Billing (CSB)

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-22165

cvss
7.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in client environment of Hitachi ABB Power Grids Retail Operations and Counterparty Settlement Billing (CSB) allows an attacker or unauthorized user to access database credentials, shut down the product and access or alter. This issue affects: Hitachi ABB Power Grids Retail Operations version 5.7.2 and prior versions. Hitachi ABB Power Grids Counterparty Settlement Billing (CSB) version 5.7.2 and prior versions.

Patch / fix

  • hitachienergy counterparty_settlement_and_billing 5.7.3
  • hitachienergy retail_operations 5.7.3

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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-21-236-02 updated cvss 7.7

Hitachi ABB Power Grids Retail Operations and CSB Products

  • Hitachi Energy Counterparty Settlement and Billing (CSB) <= 5.7.2 Hitachi Energy Retail Operations <= 5.7.2
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation “Follow the hardening guidelines published by The Center for Internet Security (CIS).” search.abb.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

1.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Hitachi ABB Power Grids Retail Operations
  • Hitachi ABB Power Grids Counterparty Settlement and Billing (CSB)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

Sources

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