CVE-2021-36204 json
Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Metasys
published 2023-01-13 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-22825
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Under some circumstances an Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in Johnson Controls Metasys ADS/ADX/OAS 10 versions prior to 10.1.6 and 11 versions prior to 11.0.3 allows API calls to expose credentials in plain text.
Patch / fix
- Johnson Controls Metasys ADS/ADX/OAS 10.1.6, 11.0.3
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
cisa ICSA-23-012-06 updated cvss 7.8
Johnson Controls Metasys
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Johnson Controls Metasys ADS/ADX/OAS Servers < 10.1.6, < 11.0.3affected: mitigation “Metasys ADS/ADX/OAS Version 10.X: update to patch 10.1.6” johnsoncontrols.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
- 19 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- Johnson Controls Metasys ADS/ADX/OAS
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials
References
-
johnsoncontrols.com
/cyber-solutions/security-advisories
vendor-advisory
-
cisa.gov
/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-23-012-06
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2021-36204
- NVD CVE-2021-36204
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