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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2021-37174 json

A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGED…

published 2021-09-14 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-23748

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000 (All versions < V2.14.1). The affected devices have a privilege escalation vulnerability, if exploited, an attacker could gain root user access.

Patch / fix

  • siemens ruggedcom_rox_rx1400_firmware 2.14.1
  • siemens ruggedcom_rox_mx5000_firmware 2.14.1
  • siemens ruggedcom_rox_rx1500_firmware 2.14.1
  • siemens ruggedcom_rox_rx1501_firmware 2.14.1
  • siemens ruggedcom_rox_rx1510_firmware 2.14.1
  • siemens ruggedcom_rox_rx1511_firmware 2.14.1
  • siemens ruggedcom_rox_rx1512_firmware 2.14.1
  • siemens ruggedcom_rox_rx1524_firmware 2.14.1
  • siemens ruggedcom_rox_rx1536_firmware 2.14.1
  • siemens ruggedcom_rox_rx5000_firmware 2.14.1

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-21-259-01 updated cvss 8.8

Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX (Update A)

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 <V2.14.1 Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 <V2.14.1 Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 <V2.14.1 Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 <V2.14.1 Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510 <V2.14.1 Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511 <V2.14.1
    +4 more products
    Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512 <V2.14.1 Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524 <V2.14.1 Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536 <V2.14.1 Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000 <V2.14.1
    affected: fixed in V2.14.1, mitigation support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.