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CVE-2021-42027

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-42027 affects all versions of Siemens SINUMERIK Edge prior to V3.2, stemming from improper server certificate validation during TLS connection initiation. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.4) allows an attacker to spoof a trusted entity via a man-in-the-middle attack, leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts without user interaction. While no public exploit intelligence or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for a sophisticated attacker to compromise communications remains.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinumerik_edge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0048 is in the 12th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/pdf/ssa-523250.pdf
PatchVendor Advisory