CVE-2021-37174
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2021-09-14
- Fixed in2.14.1
- WeaknessCWE-250
Am I affected?
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Description
A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000 (All versions < V2.14.1). The affected devices have a privilege escalation vulnerability, if exploited, an attacker could gain root user access.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2021-09-1411:15CVE 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-2021-37174?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2021-37174?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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.14 | < 2.14.1 | 2.14.1 | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.14 | < 2.14.1 | 2.14.1 | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.14 | < 2.14.1 | 2.14.1 | NVD |
7 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
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX (Update A)
RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 · RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 · RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 · +7 more
Fix
- Update Siemens ruggedcom rox mx5000 firmware to 2.14.1
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-21-259-01 · 10 productsUpdate to V2.14.1 or later version
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-259-01 · 10 productsApply the principle of least privileges for accounts configured on the affected devices
Advisories and patches
- cert-portal.siemens.comPatch · Vendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.09read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-250read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.2 %2026-10-22
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2021-09-14
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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