CVE-2021-35529
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2021-08-20
- Fixed in5.7.3
- WeaknessCWE-522
Am I affected?
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Description
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.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2021-08-2018:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2021-35529?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2021-35529?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.7 | < 5.7.3 | 5.7.3 | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.7 | < 5.7.3 | 5.7.3 | NVD |
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
Hitachi ABB Power Grids Retail Operations and CSB Products
Counterparty Settlement and Billing (CSB): All Versions 5.7.2 and prior · Retail Operations: All Versions 5.7.2 and prior
Fix
- Update Hitachienergy counterparty settlement and billing to 5.7.3
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-21-236-02 · 2 productsRetail Operations
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-236-02 · 2 productsHitachi ABB Power Grids recommends updating to Version 5.7.3 or later, which resolves this vulnerability. For more information on this advisory, see the Hitachi ABB Power Grids security advisory or contact Hitachi ABB Power Grids.
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-236-02 · 2 productsHitachi ABB Power Grids suggests recommended security practices, operating systems hardening, and firewall configurations can help protect a user's computer from the attacks. An entry point for this vulnerability is the unsecured operating system on which the product is installed. Hitachi ABB Powe…
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-236-02 · 2 productsFollow the hardening guidelines published by The Center for Internet Security (CIS).
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-236-02 · 2 productsRoutinely monitor the application process log for unrecognized user sessions originating from outside the application.
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-236-02 · 2 productsCounterparty Settlement Billing (CSB)
Advisories and patches
- search.abb.comVendor Advisory
- search.abb.comVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2021-08-20
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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