No exploitation reported

CVE-2021-20598

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2021-08-06
WeaknessCWE-287

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

Overly Restrictive Account Lockout Mechanism vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series CPU modules (R08/16/32/120SFCPU all versions, R08/16/32/120PSFCPU all versions) allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to lockout a legitimate user by continuously trying login with incorrect password.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2021-08-0617:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

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Versions per branch

NVD

Mitsubishielectric r08psfcpu firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
—	all versions	no fix published	NVD

Mitsubishielectric r08sfcpu firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
—	all versions	no fix published	NVD

Mitsubishielectric r120psfcpu firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
—	all versions	no fix published	NVD

5 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

ICSA-21-250-01 CISA8 known affected
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R Series
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R series Safety CPU R08SFCPU: vers:all/* · Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R series Safety CPU R16SFCPU: vers:all/* · Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R series Safety CPU R32SFCPU: vers:all/* · +5 more

Full record on NVD

Fix

Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-250-01 · 8 productsMELSEC iQ-R series Safety CPU R08/16/32/120SFCPU:Firmware versions "27" or later
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-250-01 · 8 productsMELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU R08/16/32/120PSFCPU:Firmware versions "12" or later
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-250-01 · 8 productsMitsubishi Electric recommends users take the following mitigation measures to minimize the risk of exploiting these vulnerabilities:
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-250-01 · 8 productsUse a firewall or virtual private network (VPN), etc. to prevent unauthorized access when Internet access is required.
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-250-01 · 8 productsUse within a LAN and block access from untrusted networks and hosts through firewalls.
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-250-01 · 8 productsUse the IP filter function to restrict the accessible IP addresses. MELSEC iQ-R Ethernet User's Manual (Application) 1.13 Security "IP filter"

Advisories and patches

www.mitsubishielectric.comVendor Advisory

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

NVDCVSS 3.15.3read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.05read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-287read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.5 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Published: 2021-08-06
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-20598?

Is CVE-2021-20598 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2021-20598 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.5% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-20598?

CVE-2021-20598 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

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