CVE-2021-40872
An issue was discovered in Softing Industrial Automation uaToolkit Embedded before 1.40. Remote...
An issue was discovered in Softing Industrial Automation uaToolkit Embedded before 1.40. Remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) or login as an anonymous user (bypassing security checks) by sending crafted messages to a OPC/UA server. The server process may crash unexpectedly because of an invalid type cast, and must be restarted.
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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in Softing Industrial Automation uaToolkit Embedded before 1.40. Remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) or login as an anonymous user (bypassing security checks) by sending crafted messages to a OPC/UA server. The server process may crash unexpectedly because of an invalid type cast, and must be restarted.
- Record
CVE-2021-40872- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-843
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Softing Industrial Automation uaToolkit Embedded before 1.40. Remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) or login as an anonymous user (bypassing security checks) by sending crafted messages to a OPC/UA server. The server process may crash unexpectedly because of an invalid type cast, and must be restarted.
- Record
CVE-2021-40872- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-28027 No score
An issue was discovered in Softing Industrial Automation uaToolkit Embedded before 1.40. Remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) or login as an anonymous user (bypassing security checks) by sending crafted messages to a OPC/UA server. The server process may crash unexpectedly because of an invalid type cast, and must be restarted.
- Record
EUVD-2021-28027- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hp52-5qr2-jq2v No score
An issue was discovered in Softing Industrial Automation uaToolkit Embedded before 1.40. Remote...
An issue was discovered in Softing Industrial Automation uaToolkit Embedded before 1.40. Remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) or login as an anonymous user (bypassing security checks) by sending crafted messages to a OPC/UA server. The server process may crash unexpectedly because of an invalid type cast, and must be restarted.
- Record
GHSA-hp52-5qr2-jq2v- Weakness
- CWE-843
- 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-2021-40872 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Softing Uatoolkit Embedded, published November 10, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.51%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.