CVE-2021-22272
ControlTouch Cloud Service vulnerability: Serial Number can be misused during commissioning phase.
The vulnerability origins in the commissioning process where an attacker of the ControlTouch can enter a serial number in a specific way to transfer the device virtually into her/his my.busch-jaeger.de or mybuildings.abb.com profile. A successful attacker can observe and control a ControlTouch remotely under very specific circumstances. The issue is fixed in the cloud side of the system. No firmware update is needed for customer products. If a user wants to understand if (s)he is affected, please read the advisory. This issue affects: ABB and Busch-Jaeger, ControlTouch
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
ControlTouch Cloud Service vulnerability: Serial Number can be misused during commissioning phase.
The vulnerability origins in the commissioning process where an attacker of the ControlTouch can enter a serial number in a specific way to transfer the device virtually into her/his my.busch-jaeger.de or mybuildings.abb.com profile. A successful attacker can observe and control a ControlTouch remotely under very specific circumstances. The issue is fixed in the cloud side of the system. No firmware update is needed for customer products. If a user wants to understand if (s)he is affected, please read the advisory. This issue affects: ABB and Busch-Jaeger, ControlTouch
- Record
CVE-2021-22272- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-9418
The vulnerability origins in the commissioning process where an attacker of the ControlTouch can enter a serial number in a specific way to transfer the device virtually into her/his my.busch-jaeger.de or mybuildings.abb.com profile. A successful attacker can observe and control a ControlTouch remotely under very specific circumstances. The issue is fixed in the cloud side of the system. No firmware update is needed for customer products. If a user wants to understand if (s)he is affected, please read the advisory. This issue affects: ABB and Busch-Jaeger, ControlTouch
- Record
EUVD-2021-9418- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m839-458p-p487 No score
The vulnerability origins in the commissioning process where an attacker of the ControlTouch can...
The vulnerability origins in the commissioning process where an attacker of the ControlTouch can enter a serial number in a specific way to transfer the device virtually into her/his my.busch-jaeger.de or mybuildings.abb.com profile. A successful attacker can observe and control a ControlTouch remotely under very specific circumstances. The issue is fixed in the cloud side of the system. No firmware update is needed for customer products. If a user wants to understand if (s)he is affected, please read the advisory. This issue affects: ABB and Busch-Jaeger, ControlTouch
- Record
GHSA-m839-458p-p487- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The vulnerability origins in the commissioning process where an attacker of the ControlTouch can enter a serial number in a specific way to transfer the device virtually into her/his my.busch-jaeger.de or mybuildings.abb.com profile. A successful attacker can observe and control a ControlTouch remotely under very specific circumstances. The issue is fixed in the cloud side of the system. No firmware update is needed for customer products. If a user wants to understand if (s)he is affected, please read the advisory. This issue affects: ABB and Busch-Jaeger, ControlTouch
- Record
CVE-2021-22272- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 9.4 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-22272 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Abb Mybuildings, published September 27, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.66%, the 51st percentile. No source names a fixed version.