High 7.5Published Aug 23, 2022

CVE-2021-3998A flaw was found in glibc.

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 10:30 PM ET)

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Every CVE for Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP

Exploited in the last 30 days

A flaw was found in glibc. The realpath() function can mistakenly return an unexpected value, potentially leading to information leakage and disclosure of sensitive data.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-125
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: redhat
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 14, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name)	from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5	CISA ADP
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518f_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name)	from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5	CISA ADP
Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:siplus_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name)	from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5	CISA ADP
gnu glibc gnu:glibc	from 2.33 before 2.35	NVD
netapp ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility	all versions	NVD
netapp h300s_firmware netapp:h300s_firmware	all versions	NVD
netapp h500s_firmware netapp:h500s_firmware	all versions	NVD
netapp h700s_firmware netapp:h700s_firmware	all versions	NVD
netapp h410s_firmware netapp:h410s_firmware	all versions	NVD
netapp h410c_firmware netapp:h410c_firmware	all versions	NVD

References

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/24/4	mailing-list, patch, third-party-advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28770	issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=ee8d5e33adb284601c00c94687bc907e10aec9bb
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=84d2d0fe20bdf94feed82b21b4d7d136db471f03
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024633	issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3998	third-party-advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3998	third-party-advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221020-0003/	third-party-advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html

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