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CVE-2021-41316

The Device42 Main Appliance before 17.05.01 does not sanitize user input in its Nmap Discovery...

8.1 High

CVE-2021-41316 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Device42, published September 17, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.44%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
8.1 HighCVSS 3.1, NVD
Exploit chance
1.44%EPSS, 73rd percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

The Device42 Main Appliance before 17.05.01 does not sanitize user input in its Nmap Discovery utility. An attacker (with permissions to add or edit jobs run by this utility) can inject an extra argument to overwrite arbitrary files as the root user on the Remote Collector.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.44%Up 0.6 points since Sep 18, 2021
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used8.1

The Device42 Main Appliance before 17.05.01 does not sanitize user input in its Nmap Discovery utility. An attacker (with permissions to add or edit jobs run by this utility) can inject an extra argument to overwrite arbitrary files as the root user on the Remote Collector.

Record
CVE-2021-41316
CVSS 3.1
8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
8.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-88
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

The Device42 Main Appliance before 17.05.01 does not sanitize user input in its Nmap Discovery utility. An attacker (with permissions to add or edit jobs run by this utility) can inject an extra argument to overwrite arbitrary files as the root user on the Remote Collector.

Record
CVE-2021-41316
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-28345No score

The Device42 Main Appliance before 17.05.01 does not sanitize user input in its Nmap Discovery utility. An attacker (with permissions to add or edit jobs run by this utility) can inject an extra argument to overwrite arbitrary files as the root user on the Remote Collector.

Record
EUVD-2021-28345
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-95jv-r6j9-p8xrNo score

The Device42 Main Appliance before 17.05.01 does not sanitize user input in its Nmap Discovery...

The Device42 Main Appliance before 17.05.01 does not sanitize user input in its Nmap Discovery utility. An attacker (with permissions to add or edit jobs run by this utility) can inject an extra argument to overwrite arbitrary files as the root user on the Remote Collector.

Record
GHSA-95jv-r6j9-p8xr
Weakness
CWE-88
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

References

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