CVE-2021-38426
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2021-10-18
- WeaknessCWE-787
Am I affected?
Debian, Ubuntu or Red Hat sometimes backport a fix without changing the upstream version number: such a version reads « to verify », never « 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
FATEK Automation WinProladder versions 3.30 and prior lacks proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing project files, which could result in an out-of-bounds write. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2021-10-1813:15CVE 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-2021-38426?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2021-38426?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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.30 | ≤ 3.30 | no fix published | 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
FATEK Automation WinProladder
WinProladder: Versions 3.30 and prior
Fix
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-280-06 · 1 productDo not click web links or open unsolicited attachments in email messages.
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-280-06 · 1 productRefer to Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams for more information on avoiding email scams.
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-280-06 · 1 productRefer to Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks for more information on social engineering attacks.
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- CNACVSS 3.17.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 3.17.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.06.8read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-787read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.0 %2026-10-23
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2021-10-18
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
Frequently asked questions
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