CVE-2021-37163
An insecure permissions issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus...
An insecure permissions issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. The device has two user accounts with passwords that are hardcoded.
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
An insecure permissions issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. The device has two user accounts with passwords that are hardcoded.
- Record
CVE-2021-37163- 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-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An insecure permissions issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. The device has two user accounts with passwords that are hardcoded.
- Record
CVE-2021-37163- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-23737 No score
An insecure permissions issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. The device has two user accounts with passwords that are hardcoded.
- Record
EUVD-2021-23737- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4f84-vrx5-rhj8 No score
An insecure permissions issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus...
An insecure permissions issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. The device has two user accounts with passwords that are hardcoded.
- Record
GHSA-4f84-vrx5-rhj8- Weakness
- CWE-798
- 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-2021-37163 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 1.44%, the 73rd 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-2021-37163-bulletin---default-credentials-for-the-telnet-server.pdf?rev=da64c389a475494985b9fd2c2c508542&hash=466A7109AF08EBFF3756B2C25968ED5E
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37163
github.com/advisories/GHSA-4f84-vrx5-rhj8