CVE-2021-38412 json
Digi PortServer TS 16 Improper Authentication
published 2021-09-17 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-24864
- cvss
- 9.6
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.3%
- EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Properly formatted POST requests to multiple resources on the HTTP and HTTPS web servers of the Digi PortServer TS 16 Rack device do not require authentication or authentication tokens. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to enable the SNMP service and manipulate the community strings to achieve further control in.
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
cisa ICSA-21-257-01 updated cvss 9.6
Digi PortServer TS 16
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Digi International, Inc. PortServer TS 16 82000684, 82000685affected: vendor fix digi.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
Exploit prediction
1.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L |
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Digi International PortServer TS 16
Classification
References
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us-cert.cisa.gov
/ics/advisories/icsa-21-257-01
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2021-38412
- NVD CVE-2021-38412
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