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CVE-2021-31890

Q: Is CVE-2021-31890 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2021-31890 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 2.2% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Q: What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-31890?

CVE-2021-31890 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2021-11-09
WeaknessCWE-240

Am I affected?

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Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Capital Embedded AR Classic 431-422 (All versions), Capital Embedded AR Classic R20-11 (All versions < V2303), PLUSCONTROL 1st Gen (All versions), SIMOTICS CONNECT 400 (All versions < V0.5.0.0), SIMOTICS CONNECT 400 (All versions < V1.0.0.0). The total length of an TCP payload (set in the IP header) is unchecked. This may lead to various side effects, including Information Leak and Denial-of-Service conditions, depending on the network buffer organization in memory. (FSMD-2021-0017)

Timeline

dates in UTC

2021-11-0912:15CVE 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

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2021-31890?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2021-31890?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Siemens apogee modular building controller firmwareversion to verify

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

Siemens apogee modular equiment controller firmwareversion to verify

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

Siemens apogee pxc compact firmwareversion to verify

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

8 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-22-069-02 CISA1 known affected
Siemens SIMOTICS CONNECT 400
SIMOTICS CONNECT 400
ICSA-22-013-03 CISA1 known affected
Siemens Energy PLUSCONTROL
PLUSCONTROL 1st Gen
ICSA-21-350-06 CISA2 known affected
Siemens Capital VSTAR
Capital Embedded AR Classic 431-422 · Capital Embedded AR Classic R20-11
ICSA-21-313-03 CISA4 known affected
Siemens Nucleus RTOS TCP/IP Stack
Nucleus NET · Nucleus ReadyStart V3 · Nucleus ReadyStart V4 · +1 more
ICSA-21-315-07 CISA23 known affected
Siemens Nucleus RTOS-based APOGEE and TALON Products (Update C)
APOGEE MBC (PPC) (BACnet) · APOGEE MBC (PPC) (P2 Ethernet) · APOGEE MEC (PPC) (BACnet) · +20 more

Full record on NVD

Fix

Vendor fix CISA ICSA-22-069-02 · 1 productUpdate to V0.5.0.0 or later version
Vendor fix CISA ICSA-22-069-02 · 1 productUpdate to V1.0.0.0 or later version
Vendor fix CISA ICSA-21-350-06 · 1 productUpdate to V2303 or later version
Vendor fix CISA ICSA-21-313-03 · 1 productUpdate to V2017.02.4 or later version
Vendor fix CISA ICSA-21-313-03 · 1 productUpdate to V4.1.1 or later version
Vendor fix CISA ICSA-21-313-03 · 1 productContact customer support to receive patch and update information

Advisories and patches

cert-portal.siemens.comVendor Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.comVendor Advisory

Detection

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

Sources

CNACVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 3.19.1read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.06.4read 2026-10-23
CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-240read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score2.2 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Published: 2021-11-09
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-31890?

Is CVE-2021-31890 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2021-31890 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 2.2% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-31890?

CVE-2021-31890 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

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