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FKIE_CVE-2021-43553

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-11-17 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:11

Severity

3.1 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Summary

PI Vision could disclose information to a user with insufficient privileges for an AF attribute that is the child of another attribute and is configured as a Limits property.

References

	URL	Tags
	ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov	https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-313-05	Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-313-05	Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	osisoft	pi_vision	*

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          "product": "PI Vision",
          "vendor": "OSIsoft",
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    }
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:11:07.447",
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CVE-2021-43553 (GCVE-0-2021-43553)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-17 18:20 – Updated: 2024-09-16 19:46

Title

OSIsoft PI Vision

Summary

PI Vision could disclose information to a user with insufficient privileges for an AF attribute that is the child of another attribute and is configured as a Limits property.

Severity

3.1 (Low)


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

CWE

CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Assigner

icscert icscert root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-313-05	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
OSIsoft	PI Vision	Affected: All versions , ≤ 2021 (custom)

Date Public

2021-11-09 00:00

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