CVE-2021-32981: Aveva System Platform

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

AVEVA System Platform versions 2017 through 2020 R2 P01 uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

Affected products

• Aveva System Platform: from 2017, before 2020 (fixed in 2020); version 2020 only

Published 2022-04-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.