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CVE-2021-20987

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-20987 is a critical denial of service and memory corruption vulnerability affecting Hilscher EtherNet/IP Core V2 prior to V2.13.0.21, and consequently products from Hilscher and Pepperl-Fuchs utilizing this core. With a CVSS score of 8.6 (HIGH), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to device crashes without recovery or even code injection. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.0, < 2.13.0.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hilscher:ethernet\/ip_adapter_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:pepperl-fuchs:wcs_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:pepperl-fuchs:pxv100-f200-b25-v1d_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:pepperl-fuchs:pxv100i-f200-b25-v1d_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:pepperl-fuchs:pcv100-f200-b25-v1d-6011-6720_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.6HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0110 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (6)

capnprotovendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
gcpvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
hanwhavendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
kongvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
openwrtvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
proxmoxvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (6)

capnprotollm-capnproto-4c37adf40f6a9b91HIGH

Denial of Service in Rexroth ActiveMover using EtherNet/IP protocol

Mar 31, 2021
openwrtllm-openwrt-c3febec8dc1c5967HIGH

Denial of Service in Rexroth ActiveMover using EtherNet/IP protocol

Mar 31, 2021
gcpllm-gcp-b7872fce5dc7bcf7HIGH

Denial of Service in Rexroth ActiveMover using EtherNet/IP protocol

Mar 31, 2021
kongllm-kong-f5c14aa432d5b7c6HIGH

Denial of Service in Rexroth ActiveMover using EtherNet/IP protocol

Mar 31, 2021
hanwhallm-hanwha-650f73f7385c526eHIGH

Denial of Service in Rexroth ActiveMover using EtherNet/IP protocol

Mar 31, 2021
proxmoxllm-proxmox-8724d06a058d268aHIGH

Denial of Service in Rexroth ActiveMover using EtherNet/IP protocol

Mar 31, 2021

References

cert.vde.com / en-us/advisories/vde-2021-007
Third Party Advisory
kb.hilscher.com / pages/viewpage.action
Vendor Advisory