CVE-2021-37160
A firmware validation issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus...
A firmware validation issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus Panel operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. There is no firmware validation (e.g., cryptographic signature validation) during a File Upload for a firmware update.
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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.8
A firmware validation issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus Panel operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. There is no firmware validation (e.g., cryptographic signature validation) during a File Upload for a firmware update.
- Record
CVE-2021-37160- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-347
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A firmware validation issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus Panel operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. There is no firmware validation (e.g., cryptographic signature validation) during a File Upload for a firmware update.
- Record
CVE-2021-37160- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-23734 No score
A firmware validation issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus Panel operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. There is no firmware validation (e.g., cryptographic signature validation) during a File Upload for a firmware update.
- Record
EUVD-2021-23734- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3vvw-g7qx-ffjj
9.8
A firmware validation issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus...
A firmware validation issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus Panel operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. There is no firmware validation (e.g., cryptographic signature validation) during a File Upload for a firmware update.
- Record
GHSA-3vvw-g7qx-ffjj- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-347
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-37160 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Swisslog-healthcare Hmi-3 Control Panel Firmware, published August 2, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.23%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
swisslog-healthcare.com
armis.com/PwnedPiper
swisslog-healthcare.com/en-us/customer-care/security-information/cve-disclosures
swisslog-healthcare.com/-/media/swisslog-healthcare/documents/customer-service/armis-documents/cve-2021-37160-bulletin---no-firmware-update-validation.pdf?rev=c7f94647037c4007992e2e626d445561&hash=E89531490070A809FB74994018BA1248
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37160
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3vvw-g7qx-ffjj