CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Remediation Deadline: Mar 26, 2026
CVE-2021-22681
Multiple Rockwell products contain an insufficient protected credentials vulnerability. Studio 5000 Logix Designer software may allow a key to be discovered. This key is used to verify Logix controllers are communicating with Rockwell Automation design software. If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an unauthorized application to connect with Logix controllers. To leverage this vulnerability, an unauthorized user would require network access to the controller.
Required Action
https://support.rockwellautomation.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1130301/~/cve-2021-22681%3A-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-found-in-logix-controllers- ; https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-21-056-03 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22681
Vulnerability Overview
- Severity
- High
- CISA KEV
- Yes
- Ransomware
- Unknown
- Published
- Mar 5, 2026
- KEV Added
- Mar 5, 2026
- Due Date
- Mar 26, 2026
- Related Articles
- 0
Vendor
Rockwell
Multiple Products