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FKIE_CVE-2021-36204

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-01-13 21:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:58
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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.
References
productsecurity@jci.comhttps://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-23-012-06Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
productsecurity@jci.comhttps://www.johnsoncontrols.com/cyber-solutions/security-advisoriesVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-23-012-06Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.johnsoncontrols.com/cyber-solutions/security-advisoriesVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
johnsoncontrols metasys_application_and_data_server *
johnsoncontrols metasys_application_and_data_server *
johnsoncontrols metasys_extended_application_and_data_server *
johnsoncontrols metasys_extended_application_and_data_server *
johnsoncontrols metasys_open_application_server *
johnsoncontrols metasys_open_application_server *
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