CVE-2021-38485
Emerson WirelessHART Gateway
The affected product is vulnerable to improper input validation in the restore file. This enables an attacker to provide malicious config files to replace any file on disk.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Emerson WirelessHART Gateway
The affected product is vulnerable to improper input validation in the restore file. This enables an attacker to provide malicious config files to replace any file on disk.
- Record
CVE-2021-38485- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-24937
The affected product is vulnerable to improper input validation in the restore file. This enables an attacker to provide malicious config files to replace any file on disk.
- Record
EUVD-2021-24937- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3vv9-j796-m9mf No score
The affected product is vulnerable to improper input validation in the restore file. This enables...
The affected product is vulnerable to improper input validation in the restore file. This enables an attacker to provide malicious config files to replace any file on disk.
- Record
GHSA-3vv9-j796-m9mf- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The affected product is vulnerable to improper input validation in the restore file. This enables an attacker to provide malicious config files to replace any file on disk.
- Record
CVE-2021-38485- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- 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-2021-38485 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.0) in Emerson Wirelesshart Gateway, published October 22, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.93%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.