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CVE-2021-21959 (GCVE-0-2021-21959)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-04 22:29 – Updated: 2025-04-15 19:10
VLAI
Summary
A misconfiguration exists in the MQTTS functionality of Sealevel Systems, Inc. SeaConnect 370W v1.3.34. This misconfiguration significantly simplifies a man-in-the-middle attack, which directly leads to control of device functionality.
Severity
7.7 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-15 18:19 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Sealevel Affected: Sealevel Systems, Inc. SeaConnect 370W v1.3.34
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        "assignerShortName": "talos",
        "cveId": "CVE-2021-21959",
        "datePublished": "2022-02-04T22:29:09.000Z",
        "dateReserved": "2021-01-04T00:00:00.000Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2025-04-15T19:10:31.605Z",
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.


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