CVE-2021-20598 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-20598

Overly Restrictive Account Lockout Mechanism vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC...

Vulnerability Description

Overly Restrictive Account Lockout Mechanism vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series CPU modules (R08/16/32/120SFCPU all versions, R08/16/32/120PSFCPU all versions) allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to lockout a legitimate user by continuously trying login with incorrect password.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

MELSEC iQ-R series CPU modules R08/16/32/120SFCPU; R08/16/32/120PSFCPU
Vulnerable Versions:
all versions

Timeline

Official Publish: August 6th, 2021
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.