# CVE-2024-21914: Rockwell Automation - FactoryTalk® View ME on PanelView™ Plus 7 Boot Terminal lack Security Protections

> A remote attacker can restart the PanelView Plus 7 terminal without authentication, causing loss of view or control in industrial environments.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-925f-cxg2-4483

## What is CVE-2024-21914?

CVE-2024-21914 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® View ME, published on 25 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability exists in the affected product that allows a malicious user to restart the Rockwell Automation PanelView™ Plus 7 terminal remotely without security protections. If the vulnerability is exploited, it could lead to the loss of view or control of the PanelView™ product.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21914?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rockwellautomation Factorytalk View.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-21914?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-21914 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-21914 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21914 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® View ME

- [CVE-2023-2071](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2071/): FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-45824](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45824/): FactoryTalk® View Site Edition Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via Lack of Input Validation (critical 9.2)
- [CVE-2020-12029](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12029/): Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View SE (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2024-4609](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4609/): Rockwell Automation Datalog Function within in FactoryTalk® View SE contains SQL Injection Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-9064](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9064/): Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Path Traversal (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-21914 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-21914 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® View ME, published on 25 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21914 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® View ME. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21914/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21914/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21914
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21914
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21914

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21914/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.