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CVE-2021-27426

CVE-2021-27426 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

GE UR family insecure default variable initialization

Reported by icscert · Published March 23, 2022

GE UR IED firmware versions prior to version 8.1x with “Basic” security variant does not allow the disabling of the “Factory Mode,” which is used for servicing the IED by a “Factory” user.

Fixed versions

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PackageEcosystemFixed in
multilin_c95_firmwarege8.10
multilin_b30_firmwarege8.10
multilin_t60_firmwarege8.10
multilin_l60_firmwarege8.10
multilin_f35_firmwarege8.10
multilin_m60_firmwarege8.10
multilin_c30_firmwarege8.10
multilin_t35_firmwarege8.10
multilin_g30_firmwarege8.10
multilin_f60_firmwarege8.10
multilin_d60_firmwarege8.10
multilin_b90_firmwarege8.10

8 more packages have a fixed version. See every fix in Lookup.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
GEUR familyunspecified
GEUR family*

Timeline

  • Mar 23, 2022 CVE Published
  • Mar 23, 2022 PoC Published (2 in total, the first dated here)
  • Mar 24, 2022 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
  • Apr 16, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Aug 6, 2026 Coalition ESS Score

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vulnetix vdb vuln CVE-2021-27426
vulnetix vdb fixes CVE-2021-27426

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  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/CVE-2021-27426/fixes/registry"

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