ICSA-21-103-15: Siemens and Milestone Siveillance Video Open Network Bridge

CISA's summary

Summary: Siemens has released hotfixes for Siveillance Video Open Network Bridge (ONVIF) which fix a security vulnerability related to unsecure storage of ONVIF user credentials. The vulnerability could allow an authenticated remote attacker to retrieve and decrypt all user credentials stored on the ONVIF server. Siemens recommends to apply the hotfixes at the earliest opportunity. See also the chapter Additional Information, how to apply the hotfix.

Products, as the advisory lists them

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Vulnerabilities in this advisory

• CVE-2021-27392 — CVE-2021-27392 · CWE-321

  Affected Open Network Bridges store user credentials for the authentication between ONVIF clients and ONVIF server using a hard-coded key. The encrypted credentials can be retrieved via the MIP SDK. This could allow an authenticated remote attacker to retrieve and decrypt all credentials stored on the ONVIF server.

Acknowledgments, as the advisory lists them

• Siemens ProductCERT: reporting this vulnerability to CISA.
• Milestone PSIRT: reporting and coordinated disclosure

The advisory's legal notice

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Sources

• The advisory at cisa.gov
• The CSAF document (JSON)

DeSpy's copy of this version is dated 2026-09-28.