A CWE-311: Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data vulnerability exists in Modicon M221 (all references, all versions) that could allow the at…

published 2020-11-19 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-28692

cvss: 7.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
public exploits: 0; none known

A CWE-311: Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data vulnerability exists in Modicon M221 (all references, all versions) that could allow the attacker to find the password hash when the attacker has captured the traffic between EcoStruxure Machine - Basic software and Modicon M221 controller and broke the encryption keys.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-20-343-04 updated 2020-12-08 cvss 7.1

Schneider Electric Modicon M221 Programmable Logic Controller

Schneider Electric Software, LLC Modicon M221
affected: vendor fix, mitigation “Set up network segmentation and implement a firewall to block all unauthorized access to Port 502/TCP.” se.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 5 mo ago (2026-05-29)

Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	5.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.1	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	2.9	AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

n/a Modicon M221, all references, all versions

Classification

Weakness

CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

References

se.com /ww/en/download/document/SEVD-2020-315-05/
vendor-advisory
us-cert.cisa.gov /ics/advisories/icsa-20-343-04
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-7567
NVD CVE-2020-7567

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Summary