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CVE-2021-40872

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-40872 affects Softing Industrial Automation uaToolkit Embedded versions prior to 1.40, including softing smartlink_hw-dp. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (DoS) or bypass security checks to log in as an anonymous user by sending specially crafted OPC/UA messages, leading to an unexpected server crash. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:softing:smartlink_hw-dp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.40CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:softing:uatoolkit_embedded:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0146 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

industrial.softing.com
Vendor Advisory
industrial.softing.com / fileadmin/sof-files/pdf/ia/support/Security_Bulletin_CVE-2021-40872.pdf
Vendor Advisory