CVE-2021-35529Password in Memory Vulnerability in Retail Operations Product and Counterparty Settlement and Billing (CSB)
- 7.7HighCVSS base score
- 1.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 30% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in client environment of Hitachi ABB Power Grids Retail Operations and Counterparty Settlement Billing (CSB) allows an attacker or unauthorized user to access database credentials, shut down the product and access or alter. This issue affects: Hitachi ABB Power Grids Retail Operations version 5.7.2 and prior versions. Hitachi ABB Power Grids Counterparty Settlement Billing (CSB) version 5.7.2 and prior versions.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Hitachi Energy
- 53 days later
· 53 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitachi EnergyCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.7.
Affected products
Hitachi ABB Power Grids · Retail Operations
- affected 5.7.2 – ≤ 5.7.2
Hitachi ABB Power Grids · Counterparty Settlement and Billing (CSB)
- affected 5.7.2 – ≤ 5.7.2
What to do
Solution: - Vulnerability is remediated in Retail Operations v5.7.3 - Vulnerability is remediated in CSB v5.7.3
References
References3
- https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=9AKK107992A5933&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=9AKK107992A5821&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-236-02 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2021-22165 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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